azotic

American  

[uh-zot-ik, ey-zot-] / əˈzɒt ɪk, eɪˈzɒt- /

adjective

1. of or relating to azote; nitric.

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azotic British  

/ eɪˈzɒtɪk /

adjective

1. of, containing, or concerned with nitrogen

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Etymology

Origin of azotic

First recorded in 1785–95; azote + -ic

Example Sentences

In default of fulminate, he could easily obtain a substance similar to guncotton, since he had azotic acid at his disposal.

From The Mysterious Island by Verne, Jules

This alkaline matter being present during the formation of carbonic and azotic gas, absorbs, to saturation, a due proportion of them, and generates tartar.

From The American Practical Brewer and Tanner by Coppinger, Joseph

This is always mixed with a small portion of azotic gas, which indicates that the mercury absorbs a small portion of this latter gas during oxydation.

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

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

Mr Achard first conceived this idea; but the process he employed, by which he thought to dephlogisticate, as it is called, atmospheric air, or to deprive it of azotic gas, is absolutely unsatisfactory.

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