azorite (azorit)

A mineral crystallizing in tetragonal crystals, found in a granitic rock in the Azores. Its chemical nature is doubtful; it may be identical with zircon. azotatet (az'ō-tāt), n. [ Lavoisier suggested the propriety of giving to this foul kind of air [air robbed of its oxygen] the name of Azote , a name which it still retains in France, but which has been superseded elsewhere by the term Nitrogen . Huxley, Physiog., p. 79. azoted (az'ō-ted), a. [ azote + -ed2.] Nitrogenized. As animals are fed on animal diet or on azoted substances. Aitkin, Med. Dict. (6th ed.), II. 1061.