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nitrous air

nitrous air noun: air thought to be charged with nitre.

Noun

nitrous air (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Air thought to be charged with nitre.
  2. (historical) Nitric oxide, NO.

Questions about nitrous air

What does nitrous air mean?
Nitrous air means air thought to be charged with nitre.
What part of speech is nitrous air?
Nitrous air is a noun.

Words near nitrous air in the dictionary

  1. nitrotyrosines
  2. nitrotyrosylated
  3. nitrourea
  4. nitrous
  5. nitrous acid
  6. nitrous air
  7. nitrous oxide
  8. nitrovasodilator
  9. nitrovasodilators
  10. nitrovasodilatory
  11. nitrovin

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