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1. nitrogen
   (Living things in their environment) a colourless and odorless gas that makes up around 79% of the atmosphere. Nitrogenous waste leaves the body in the form of urea in urine.
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2. nitrogen
   [n] - a common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas
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3. Nitrogen
   Simple nonmetallic element that constitutes approximately 80% of the air. Symbol N.
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4. Nitrogen
   Generic term used by farmers for fertilisers supplying nitrogen to plants (e.g. ammoniun nitrate)
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5. Nitrogen
   A natural element occurring in the soil and air, which is absorbed by plants primarily to make leaves
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6. nitrogen
   an inert gas used for jetting wells.
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7. Nitrogen
   A gaseous colourless and odourless element that makes up about 80% of the atmosphere. Symbol NDiscovered1772 by Daniel Rutherford.
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8. nitrogen
   (N) Element number 7, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that makes up about 80% of the earth's atmosphere.
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9. Nitrogen
   Swimming pool chemistry: When combined with chlorine, nitrogen creates chloramines, which do not belong in our pool. Nitrogen can be found in many swimmer wastes (perspiration, suntan oil, hair tonics, etc.) or be introduced by other means.
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10. Nitrogen
    A gaseous element which makes up approximately 80% of the earths atmosphere. Nitrogen is relatively inert and does not support either combustion or life. Nitrogen is usually found in the molecular N2 form
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11. Nitrogen
    Nitrogen: Element number 7, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is biologically important. Nitrogen is a constituent of protein and nucleic acids and is present in all living cells. Nitrogen does not support respiration and is fatal if breathed alone, because of the lack of oxygen. Nitrogen is...
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12. nitrogen
    chemical element: atomic number 7 Category: Chemistry
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13. Nitrogen
    Ni`tro·gen noun [ Latin nitrum natron + -gen : confer French nitrogène . See Niter .] (Chemistry) A colorless nonmetallic element, tasteless and odorless, comprising four fifths of the atmosphere by volume. It is che...
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14. nitrogen
    <chemistry> A colourless 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...
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15. nitrogen
    N noun 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
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16. nitrogen
    (N) (ni´tro-jәn) a chemical element, atomic number 7, atomic weight 14.007. It is a gas constituting about four-fifths of common air, and is chemically almost inert. It is not poisonous but is fatal if breathed alone because of oxygen deprivation. It is soluble in the blood and body fl...
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17. Nitrogen
    • (n.) 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 compou...
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18. nitrogen
    nonmetallic element of Group Va of the periodic table. It is a colourless, odourless, tasteless gas that is the most plentiful element in the Earth`s ... [53 related articles]
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19. Nitrogen
    Nitrogen (n {respell|NY|trə-jən}) is a chemical element that has the symbol N, atomic number of 7 and atomic mass 14.00674 u. Elemental nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless, and mostly inert diatomic gas at standard conditions, constituting 78.09% by volume of Earth`s atmosphere. The elem...
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20. nitrogen
    Liquid nitrogen A colorless, odorless gaseous element. Nitrogen was discovered by Daniel Rutherford in Edinburgh in 1772. The name comes from the Greek nitron genes, which means 'nitre forming'; nitre is potassium nitrate, commonly known as saltpeter. Nitrogen is the most abundant gas in Earth...
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21. nitrogen
    A colorless, tasteless, odorless gas which makes up 78.1 percent the atmosphere. Atmospheric nitrogen is converted by nitrogen fixation and nitrification into compounds used by plants and animals. In the upper atmosphere, N₂ is broken down by large numbers of energetic seconda...
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22. nitrogen
    nitrogen (nī'trujun) , gaseous chemical element; symbol N; at. no. 7; at. wt. 14.0067; m.p. -209.86°C; b.p. -195.8°C; density 1.25 grams per liter at STP; valence principally -3, +3, or +5. Nitrogen is a colorless, odorless, tasteless diatomic gas. It is found in Group 15 of the pe...
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23. Nitrogen
    Nitrogen (originally known as azote, a name given to the gas by Antoine Lavoisier) is a colourless, odourless, tasteless, gaseous element discovered about 1772 by Daniel Rutherford, though credit for the discovery of nitrogen in the atmosphere was claimed by Carl Scheele. The gas was renamed nitroge...
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24. nitrogen
    (N) Type: Term Pronunciation: nī′trō-jen Definitions: 1. A gaseous element, atomic no. 7, atomic wt. 14.00674; N₂ forms about 78.084% by volume of the dry atmosphere. 2. The molecular form of nitrogen, N₂. 3. Pharmaceutical grade N₂, containing not less than...
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25. nitrogen
    Colourless, odourless, tasteless, gaseous, non-metallic element, atomic number 7, relative atomic mass 14.0067. It forms almost 80% of the Earth's atmosphere by volume and is a constituent of all plant and animal tissues (in proteins and nucleic acids). Nitrogen is obtained for industrial...
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