nitrogen dioxide

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.

Equivalents

Españoldióxido de nitrógeno

Françaisdioxyde d'azote

DeutschNitrogendioxid Stickstoffdioxid

9 more languages

Češtinaoxid dusičitý

Suomityppidioksidi

Magyarnitrogén-dioxid

Bahasa Indonesianitrogen dioksida

Italianobiossido di azoto diossido di azoto ipoazotide

日本語二酸化窒素

한국어이산화질소

Polskidwutlenek azotu

Portuguêsdióxido 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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