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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Nitrogen \Ni`tro*gen\, n. [L. nitrum natron + -gen: cf F. nitrog[`e]ne. See {Niter}.] (Chem.) A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is chemically very inert in the free state, and as such is incapable of supporting life (hence the name {azote} still used by French chemists); but it forms many important compounds, as ammonia, nitric acid, the cyanides, etc and is a constituent of all organized living tissues, animal or vegetable. Symbol N. Atomic weight 14. It was formerly regarded as a permanent noncondensible gas, but was liquefied in 1877 by Cailletet of Paris, and Pictet of Geneva. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Azote \A*zo"te\, n. [Sp.] A switch or whip. [Sp. Amer.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Azote \Az"ote\ (?; 277), n. [F. azote, fr Gr 'a priv. + ? life; -- so named by Lavoisier because it is incapable of supporting life.] Same as {Nitrogen}. [R.] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: azote n : an obsolete name for nitrogen
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