Nitrogen

English

Chemical element
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Noun

Nitrogen (countable and uncountable; plural Nitrogens)

1. (uncountable) A chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067.
2. (uncountable) Molecular nitrogen (N₂), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
3. (countable) A specific nitrogen within a chemical formula, or a specific isotope of nitrogen

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

Synonyms

• azote (obsolete)
• E941 when used as a packaging gas or propellant

Related terms

terms related to nitrogen

nitrate niter, nitre nitric nitride nitrification

nitrify nitrite nitr-, nitro- nitrous

Derived terms

Derived terms

dinitrogen nitragin nitrogen-13 nitrogen-14 nitrogen-15 nitrogenase nitrogenate nitrogen cycle nitrogen dioxide nitrogen fixation nitrogen fixer nitrogen fixing nitrogenic

nitrogeniferous nitrogenise, nitrogenize nitrogen monoxide nitrogen mustard nitrogen narcosis nitrogenous nitrogen oxide nitrogen tetroxide nitrogen trichloride nitrogen trifluoride nitrogen triiodide nitrophilous nitrox

Verbs for Nitrogen

combine with—; derive—from; expel—; extract—; furnish with—; manufacture—; market—; mix with—; obtain—; reveal—; store—; temper with—; unite—with; —dilutes; —evaporates; —extinguishes.

Thesaurus

acetylene, ammonia, argon, asphyxiating gas, butane, carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, castor-bean meal, chlorine, coal gas, commercial fertilizer, compost, dressing, dung, enrichener, ethane, ether, ethylene, fertilizer, fluorine, formaldehyde, guano, helium, hydrogen, illuminating gas, krypton, lewisite, manure, marsh gas, methane, muck, mustard gas, natural gas, neon, night soil, nitrate, organic fertilizer, oxygen, ozone, phosphate, poison gas, propane, radon, sewer gas, superphosphate, xenon

Etymology

From French nitrogène (coined by Lavoisier), corresponding to nitro- + -gen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnaɪtɹədʒən/

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• Hyphenation: ni‧tro‧gen

Translations

chemical element

Afrikaans: stikstof (af) Albanian: azot (sq), nitrogjenit (sq) Arabic: نيتروجين (ar) (nítrujin) m. Armenian: ազոտ (hy) (azot) Asturian: nitróxenu (ast) Azeri: azot (az) Basque: nitrogenoa (eu) Belarusian: азот (be) (azot) m. Bengali: নাইট্রোজেন (bn) Bosnian: dušik (bs) Breton: nitrogen m., azot Bulgarian: азот (bg) (azót) m. Catalan: nitrogen (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 氮 (cmn) (dàn) Min Nan: n (nan) Chuvash: азот Cornish: nytrojen Corsican: azotu (co) Croatian: dušik (hr) Czech: dusík (cs) m. Danish: nitrogen (da), kvælstof (da) Dutch: stikstof (nl) f. Esperanto: azoto (eo), nitrogeno (eo) Estonian: lämmastik (et) Faroese: køvievni (fo) Finnish: typpi (fi) French: azote (fr) m. Friulian: azôt Galician: nitróxeno (gl) Georgian: აზოტი (ka) (azoti) German: Stickstoff (de) m. Greek: άζωτο (el) (ázoto) n. Gujarati: નાઇટ્રોજન (gu) Haitian Creole: azòt Hawaiian: naikokene Hebrew: חנקן (he) (khankan) Hindi: नाइट्रोजन (hi) Hungarian: nitrogén (hu) Icelandic: köfnunarefni (is) n., nitur (is) n. Ido: nitro (io) Interlingua: nitrogeno (ia) Irish: nítrigin (ga) f. Italian: azoto (it) m. Japanese: 窒素 (ja) (ちっそ, chisso) Javanese: nitrogen (jv) Kannada: ಸಾರಜನಕ (kn) Kapampangan: nitrogen Kashubian: tãcheń Kazakh: азот (kk) (azot) Korean: 질소 (ko) (窒素, jilso)

Kurdish: nîtrojen (ku) Kölsch: Stickstoff Latin: nitrogenium (la) Latvian: slāpeklis (lv) Limburgish: stikstof (li) Lingala: azoti (ln) Lithuanian: azotas (lt) Lojban: trano (jbo) Low Saxon: stickstoff (nds) Luxembourgish: Stéckstoff (lb) Macedonian: азот (mk) (ázot) Malay: nitrogen (ms) Malayalam: നൈട്രജന്‍ (ml) Maltese: nitroġenu (mt), ażotu (mt) Manx: neetragien (gv) Maori: hauota (mi) Marathi: नायट्रोजन (mr) Mongolian: азот (mn) (azot) Nahuatl: ehēcatehuiltic (nah) Norwegian: nitrogen (no) Norwegian Nynorsk: nitrogen (nn) Novial: nitrogene Occitan: azòt (oc) Persian: نیتروژن (fa) Polish: azot (pl) m. Portuguese: nitrogénio (pt) m. (Portugal), nitrogênio (pt) m. (Brazil) Punjabi: ਨਾਈਟ੍ਰੋਜਨ (pa) Quechua: qullpachaq (qu) Romanian: azot (ro) n. Russian: азот (ru) (azót) m. Samogitian: azuots Scottish Gaelic: nìtrigin Serbian: азот (sr) (azot) m. Sicilian: azzotu (scn) Slovak: dusík (sk) m. Slovene: dušik (sl) Spanish: nitrógeno (es) m. Swahili: nitrojeni (sw) Swedish: kväve (sv) n. Tajik: азот (tg) Tamil: நைட்ரஜன் (ta), ருசரகம் (ta) (rusaragam) Telugu: నత్రజని (te) (natrajani) Thai: ไนโตรเจน (th) (naitrōchēn) Turkish: azot (tr) Ukrainian: азот (uk) (azot) m. Upper Sorbian: dusyk (hsb) Uzbek: азот (uz) (azot) Vietnamese: nitơ (vi) Welsh: nitrogen (cy) West Frisian: stikstof Yiddish: אזאט (yi) (azot)

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Indonesian: zat lemas (id), nitrogen (id)

External links

For etymology and more information refer to: http://elements.vanderkrogt.net/elem/be.html (A lot of the translations were taken from that site with permission from the author)

See also

• aqua fortis
• aqua regia
• laughing gas
• saltpeter, saltpetre

Anagrams

• integron, ring tone, ringtone

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Catalan

Noun

Nitrogen m. (uncountable)

1. nitrogen

Etymology

From French nitrogène

Synonyms

• azot (obsolete)

References

• Institut d'Estudis Catalans (1995). Diccionari de la llengua catalana (4ta. edició). ISBN 84-412-2477-3.