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azote

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az·ote  (zt, zt, -zt)
n.
Used formerly as a name for nitrogen.
[French; see azo-.]
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Noun1.azote - an obsolete name for nitrogen
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
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But if we make the oxygen, we do not make the azote, that medium which the lungs do not absorb, and which ought to remain intact; and that azote will escape rapidly through the open scuttles.
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