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AZOTE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does azote mean?
• AZOTE (noun)
The noun AZOTE has 1 sense:
1. an obsolete name for nitrogen
Familiarity information: AZOTE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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