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nitrogen ice

nitrogen ice noun: nitrogen gas that has been frozen, by cooling it to extremely low temperatures, resulting in a crystalline structure similar to regular ice but consisting of nitrogen molecules instead of water molecules.

Noun

nitrogen ice

  1. Nitrogen gas that has been frozen, by cooling it to extremely low temperatures, resulting in a crystalline structure similar to regular ice but consisting of nitrogen molecules instead of water molecules.
  2. A type of ice cream prepared by flash freezing a liquid mixture with liquid nitrogen.

Questions about nitrogen ice

What does nitrogen ice mean?
Nitrogen ice means nitrogen gas that has been frozen, by cooling it to extremely low temperatures, resulting in a crystalline structure similar to regular ice but consisting of nitrogen molecules instead of water molecules.
What part of speech is nitrogen ice?
Nitrogen ice is a noun.

Words near nitrogen ice in the dictionary

  1. nitrogen cycle
  2. nitrogen dioxide
  3. nitrogen fixation
  4. nitrogen fixer
  5. nitrogen fixers
  6. nitrogen ice
  7. nitrogen inversion
  8. nitrogen inversions
  9. nitrogen monoxide
  10. nitrogen mustard
  11. nitrogen mustards

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