azote
Americannoun
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azotes
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of azote
1785–95; < French < Greek ázōtos ungirt, taken to mean lifeless
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Flames are extinguished and animals die in an atmosphere of pure nitrogen - so it was once known as "azote", Greek for "lifeless".
From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2014
If the lamp was moved horizontally, the azote came in contact with the flame and extinguished it.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Samuel Smiles
We have before seen that, in the state of oxygen gas, it contained at least 66.66667; wherefore it follows that, in combining with azote to form nitric acid, it only loses 7.94502.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
When the proportions of oxygen and azote is below three parts, by weight, of the former, to one of the latter, the acid is red coloured, and emits copious fumes.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Antoine Lavoisier
Substances which contain no azote, from whatever class they are obtained, cannot serve for nutrition.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
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