n (nitrogen)
91nitrogen fixation — /naɪtrədʒən fɪkˈseɪʃən/ (say nuytruhjuhn fik sayshuhn) noun 1. any process of combining free nitrogen from the air with other elements, either by chemical means or by bacterial action, used especially in the preparation of fertilisers, industrial …
92nitrogen dioxide — noun a highly poisonous brown gas (NO2) • Hypernyms: ↑dioxide, ↑gas * * * ˌnitrogen diˈoxide 7 [nitrogen dioxide] noun uncountable …
93nitrogen-bearing — adjective of or relating to or containing nitrogen • Syn: ↑nitrogenous • Pertains to noun: ↑nitrogen (for: ↑nitrogenous) • Derivationally related forms: ↑nitrogen ( …
94nitrogen pentoxide — noun : a white crystalline unstable compound N2O5 obtainable by oxidation of nitrogen dioxide with ozone or by dehydration of nitric acid and yielding nitric acid on combination with water with evolution of much heat; di nitrogen pentoxide called …
95nitrogen trioxide — noun : a compound N2O3 obtained at a low temperature as a deep blue unstable liquid that readily decomposes into nitric oxide and nitrogen dioxide; di nitrogen trioxide called also nitrogen (III) oxide, nitrous anhydride …
96nitrogen balance — noun Date: 1944 the difference between nitrogen intake and nitrogen loss in the body or the soil …
97nitrogen cycle — noun Date: 1908 a continuous series of natural processes by which nitrogen passes successively from air to soil to organisms and back to air or soil involving principally nitrogen fixation, nitrification, decay, and denitrification …
98nitrogen-fixing — adjective Date: 1899 capable of nitrogen fixation < nitrogen fixing bacteria > …
99nitrogen oxide — noun Date: 1869 any of several oxides of nitrogen most of which are produced in combustion and are considered to be atmospheric pollutants: as a. nitric oxide b. nitrogen dioxide c. nitrous oxide …
100Nitrogen Oxide Protocol — Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Concerning the Control of Emissions of Nitrogen Oxides or Their Transboundary Fluxes, opened for signature on 31 October 1988 and entered into force on 14 February 1991,… …
