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dinitrogen

noun

Etymology

From di- + nitrogen.

  1. borrowed from nitrogène
  2. formed as dinitrogen — “di- + nitrogen”

Definitions

  1. Diatomic nitrogen (molecular nitrogen)

    Diatomic nitrogen (molecular nitrogen): the normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.

    • Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N
    • […] dinitrogen does not have properties that would be considered as suitable for life from a terran perspective (Table 7.2).

  2. Two atoms of nitrogen as part of some other compound.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for dinitrogen. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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