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Meaning of nitrogen dioxide | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

The binary compound NO₂, a brownish gas that is a poisonous air pollutant; it exists in equilibrium with dinitrogen tetroxide. It can be the poisonous result of a nitric acid spill contacting ambient air.

uncountable

Equivalents

Čeština oxid dusičitý
Deutsch Nitrogendioxid Stickstoffdioxid
Español dióxido de nitrógeno
Suomi typpidioksidi
Français dioxyde d'azote
Magyar nitrogén-dioxid
Bahasa Indonesia nitrogen dioksida
Italiano biossido di azoto diossido di azoto ipoazotide
日本語 二酸化窒素
한국어 이산화질소
Polski dwutlenek azotu
Português dióxido de azoto dióxido de nitrogênio

Examples

“Black carbon is the sooty material ejected from diesel engines in their exhaust⟳ gases. RSSB notes that it can cause lung diseases. Nitrogen dioxide is also a product of burning diesel and can effect people's lungs.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

nitrogen fixation nitrogen fixer nitrogen ice nitrogen inversion nitrogen monoxide nitrogen mustard

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