AZOTE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An obsolete name for nitrogen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("azote" is a kind of...):

atomic number 7; N; nitrogen (a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas; constitutes 78 percent of the atmosphere by volume; a constituent of all living tissues)

Derivation:

azotic (of or containing nitrogen)

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