Nitrogen

nī′tro-jen, n. a gas forming nearly four-fifths of common air, a nece ary constituent of every organised body, so called from its being an e ential constituent of nitre.— adjs. Nitrogen′ic , Nitrog′enous .— v.t. Nitrog′enise , to impregnate with nitrogen.— n. Nitrom′eter , an apparatus for estimating nitrogen in some of its combinations. [Gr. nitron , and gennaein , to generate.]