nitrogen
The chemical element (symbol N) with an atomic number of 7 and atomic weight of 14.0067. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
Example
“By molar fraction, nitric oxide contains equal parts nitrogen and oxygen.”
Other meanings
Molecular nitrogen (diatomic nitrogen), N2, a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, which constitutes most of air (78% of it).
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.”
A kind of
- chemical element
- gas
Kinds of nitrogen
- liquid nitrogen
Related words
- antinitrogen
- hydronitrogen
- multinitrogen
- nitrian
- nitrogenization
- nitrogenless
- nitrogenlike
- nonnitrogen
- organonitrogen
- polynitrogen
- radionitrogen
- carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
Word history
From French "nitrogène".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “nitrogen” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.