azote
Americannoun
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
Magendie attributes the nutritious principle to the greater or lesser proportion of nitrogen or azote.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
To impregnate with azote, or nitrogen; to nitrogenize.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah
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 Smiles, Samuel
The Prussic radical, from the experiments of Scheele, and especially from those of Mr Berthollet, seems composed of charcoal and azote; hence it is an acid with a double base.
From Elements of Chemistry, In a New Systematic Order, Containing all the Modern Discoveries by Lavoisier, Antoine
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