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

The atmosphere which surrounds us, is composed of twenty-seven parts of oxygen gas and seventy-three of azote or nitrogen gas, which are simply diffused together, but which, when combined, become nitrous acid.

From The Temple of Nature; or, the Origin of Society A Poem, with Philosophical Notes by Darwin, Erasmus

This taste is caused by the azotic acid formed from the oxygen and azote of the atmosphere.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 455 Volume 18, New Series, September 18, 1852 by Chambers, Robert

In this operation, the azote is disengaged in form of gas, which we receive under bell glasses filled with water in the pneumato-chemical apparatus.

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

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 Lavoisier, Antoine