NITROUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nitrous mean? 

• NITROUS (adjective)
  The adjective NITROUS has 1 sense:

1. of or containing nitrogen

  Familiarity information: NITROUS used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NITROUS (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or containing nitrogen

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

azotic; nitric; nitrous

Context example:

nitric acid

Pertainym:

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:

nitre ((KNO3) used especially as a fertilizer and explosive)

 Context examples 

A class of dietary nitroso-compounds that are salts of nitrous acid (HNO2).

(Dietary Nitrite, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

Similarly, nitrous oxide levels, another greenhouse gas, have increased at faster rates recently.

(Warming due to carbon dioxide jumped by half in 25 years, NOAA)

The fertilizers used in agriculture play a significant role in reducing the release of nitrous oxide.

(Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize, SciDev.Net)

Issue associated with the facility-supplied medical gases such as medical air, oxygen, nitrous oxide, and nitrogen.

(Medical Gas Supply Problem, Food and Drug Administration)

A cryoprobe is cooled with substances such as liquid nitrogen, liquid nitrous oxide, or compressed argon gas.

(Cryoablation, NCI Dictionary)

Cantarella’s work enables a 95 per cent reduction in emissions of nitrous oxide associated with cane cultivation.

(Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize, SciDev.Net)

This is an important step in reducing nitrous oxide emissions, because bacteria in the soil convert nitrate to nitrous oxide and other gases.

(Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize, SciDev.Net)

But it releases nitrous oxide which, pound for pound, causes a greenhouse effect approximately 300 times greater than carbon dioxide.

(Method that cuts sugarcane emissions gets global prize, SciDev.Net)