nitrogen

B1 Topic:Chemistry

US /ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/ See IPA manual

Freq #12923

Meanings

1

noun
The chemical element with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.

Holonyms: dinitrogen, N₂, nitrogen (loose sense).
2

noun
Molecular nitrogen (diatomic nitrogen), N₂, a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, which constitutes most of air (78% of it).

Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N.
3

noun
A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen.

The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.
4

noun
a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas

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Synonyms

2 noun · molecular nitrogen... dinitrogen

More azotepropellant

Word family

Derived forms antinitrogendinitrogenhydronitrogenmultinitrogennitraginnitriannitrogen-fixingnitrogenasenitrogenatenitrogenicnitrogeniferousnitrogenise

Related forms niternitr-nitratenitrenitricnitridenitrificationnitrifynitritenitro-nitroussaltpeter

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Etymology

Borrowed from French nitrogène (coined by French chemist and physician Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790). By surface analysis, nitro- + -gen. See also niter.

Topics

Chemistry Science & Research

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# nitrogen

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈnaɪ.tɹə.d͡ʒən/
**Frequency rank:** 12923

## Meanings
1. The chemical element with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
2. Molecular nitrogen (diatomic nitrogen), N₂, a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, which constitutes most of air (78% of it).
3. A specific nitrogen atom within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen.
4. a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas

## Examples
- Holonyms: dinitrogen, N₂, nitrogen (loose sense).
- Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N.
- The two nitrogens are located next to one another on the ring.

## Synonyms
- azote
- propellant

## Derived Forms
- antinitrogen
- dinitrogen
- hydronitrogen
- multinitrogen
- nitragin
- nitrian
- nitrogen-fixing
- nitrogenase
- nitrogenate
- nitrogenic
- nitrogeniferous
- nitrogenise

## Related Forms
- niter
- nitr-
- nitrate
- nitre
- nitric
- nitride
- nitrification
- nitrify
- nitrite
- nitro-
- nitrous
- saltpeter

## Etymology
Borrowed from French nitrogène (coined by French chemist and physician Jean-Antoine Chaptal in 1790). By surface analysis, nitro- + -gen. See also niter.

## Topics
- Chemistry
- Science & Research

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