azote

American  

[az-oht, ey-zoht, uh-zoht] / ˈæz oʊt, ˈeɪ zoʊt, əˈzoʊt /

noun

Chemistry.

1. nitrogen.

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azote British  

/ ˈeɪzəʊt, əˈzəʊt /

noun

1. an obsolete name for nitrogen

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Etymology

Origin of azote

1785–95; < French < Greek ázōtos ungirt, taken to mean lifeless

Example Sentences

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

We have already seen that azote is the nitric radical.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

Properly speaking, we are only acquainted with one compound radical from the mineral kingdom, the nitro-muriatic, which is formed by the combination of azote with the muriatic radical.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

Even the bases of neutral salts have been proved by Mr Berthollet to be compounds, as he has shown that ammoniac is composed of azote and hydrogen.

From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine

This is of course the color of the pure atmospheric air, not the aqueous vapor, but the pure azote and oxygen, and it is the � 5.

From Modern Painters Volume I (of V) by Ruskin, John