Nitrogen

Definitions

1. The chemical element with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
   uncountable
2. Molecular nitrogen (diatomic nitrogen), N₂, a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, which constitutes most of air (78% of it).
   uncountable
3. A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen.
   countable

Equivalents

64 more languages

Afrikaansstikstof

العربيةآزُوتالنتروجيننيتروجيننَيْتُرُوجِين m or نِيتْرُوجِين+ 1 more

Беларускаяазот

Българскиазот

Bosanskiazotdušiknȉtrogēnазот+ 1 more

Catalànitrogen

Češtinadusík

Cymraegblorainitrogen

Danskkvælstofnitrogen

Ελληνικάάζωτονιτρογόνο

Esperantoazotonitrogeno

Eestilämmastik

Euskaranitrogenoa

فارسیازتنیتروژن

Suomityppi

Gaeilgenítrigin

Gàidhlignaitridean

Galegonitróxeno

ગુજરાતીનત્રલવાયુ

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻinaikokene

עבריתחנקן

हिन्दीभूयाति

Hrvatskiazotdušiknȉtrogēnазот+ 1 more

Magyarnitrogén

Հայերենազոտ

Bahasa Indonesianitrogen

Íslenskaköfnunarefninitur

Italianoazoto

日本語氮窒素

ქართულიაზოტი

Қазақ тіліазот

ភាសាខ្មែរអាសូត

한국어氮질소

Kurdîazot

Latinaazotumnitrogenium

LëtzebuergeschStéckstoff

Lingálaazoti

Lietuviųazotas

Latviešuslāpeklis

Македонскиазот

മലയാളംനൈട്രജൻപാക്യജനകം

Монголазот

Bahasa Melayunitrogenzat lemas

Maltiażotunitroġenu

မြန်မာနိုက်ထရိုဂျင်

Nederlandsstikstof

Polskiazot

Portuguêsazotonitrogénio

Românăazot

Русскийазот

Slovenčinadusík

Slovenščinadušik

Shqipazot

Српскиazotdušiknȉtrogēnазот+ 1 more

Svenskakvävenitrogen

Kiswahilinitrojeni

தமிழ்நைட்ரஜன்ருசரகம்

తెలుగునత్రజని

ไทยไนโตรเจน

Tagalognitroheno

Türkçeazotnitrojen

ئۇيغۇرچەئازوت

Українськаазотазотний

Tiếng Việta-zốtnitơ氮

Examples

“Holonyms: dinitrogen, N₂, nitrogen (loose sense⟳)”

“By molar fraction, nitric oxide contains equal parts nitrogen and oxygen.”

“All life depends on nitrogen; it is the building block⟳ from which nature assembles amino acids, proteins, and nucleic acids; the genetic information that orders and perpetuates life is written in nitrogen ink.”

“Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense⟳), N”

“The air you breathe⟳ is mostly nitrogen.”

“The truck was carrying tanks of nitrogen, so there was no fire risk⟳. Police stated that if the truck had been carrying tanks of oxygen, as it often does, there might have⟳ been an explosion.”

“Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.”

“The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring⟳.”

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