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
As animal bodies consist much both of oxygen and azote, which make up the composition of atmospheric air, these should be counted amongst nutritious substances.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin
That element of the air which is called azote.
From A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) by Calvin Cutter
A little later Scheele showed it to be a constituent of air, and Lavoisier gave it the name azote, signifying that it would not support life.
From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by William McPherson
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 Antoine Lavoisier
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