nitrogen-fixing

[ nahy-truh-juhn-fik-sing ]

/ ˈnaɪ trə dʒənˌfɪk sɪŋ /

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adjective

involved in or aiding the process of nitrogen fixation.

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Origin of nitrogen-fixing

First recorded in 1895–1900

How to use nitrogen-fixing in a sentence

The charges included corruption, perjury, bid-fixing and fraud.
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His stories about his tenure in Washington hype his success in fixing housing problems in “inner cities.”
Andrew Cuomo Ignores Rural New York|David Fontana|November 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But Uber failed to take any steps in fixing their civil rights problem.
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Both present alt cert in general—and TFA in particular—as a problem, as a project that urgently needs fixing.
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Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder is fixing small businesses, one brilliant idea at a time.
Nathan Fielder’s Business Theater: ‘Dumb Starbucks’ Wasn’t a Prank|Rich Goldstein|August 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Jos lifted himself on his elbow, and fixing his shining eyes on Ramona, said in Spanish, "My mother asks if you are travellers?"
Ramona|Helen Hunt Jackson
They combine the fixing with the staining process, and stain differentially every normal and abnormal structure in the blood.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
Fixing bayonets and leaving the sergeant dead in the doorway, they charged again into the mass of the enemy.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen, but it cannot be formed by the direct union of these gases.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
The form in which nitrogen may be absorbed has given rise to much difference of opinion.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson

Cultural definitions for nitrogen-fixing

nitrogen fixing

The conversion of atmospheric nitrogen (which plants cannot absorb) into forms of nitrogen that plants can absorb. Bacteria in the topsoil carry out the conversion.