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Nitrogen Oxide

Definition: Nitrogen Oxide

Nitrogen Oxide

Noun

1. Any of several oxides of nitrogen formed by the action of nitric acid on oxidizable materials; present in car exhausts.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 



Specialty Definitions: Nitrogen Oxide

DomainDefinitions

Environment

The result of photochemical reactions of nitric oxide in ambient air; major component of photochemical smog. Product of combustion from transportation and stationary sources and a major contributor to the formation of ozone in the troposphere and to acid deposition. (NOx). (references)

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Specialty Definition: Nitrogen oxide

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Nitrogen has five different oxides: The term nitrogen oxide is imprecice and can be used to refer to any of these or to a mixture of them. A mixture is often formed in chemical reactions that produce nitrogen oxides, with the proportions depending on the specific reaction and the conditions it is performed in.

See the articles for these oxides for details on their properties.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Nitrogen oxide."

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Crosswords: Nitrogen Oxide

English words defined with "nitrogen oxide": laughing gasNitric anhydrideOrganic analysisPer-. (references)
Specialty definitions using "nitrogen oxide": catalyst promoterStratospheric Aerosol & Gas Experiment. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Nitrogen Oxide

DomainTitle

Books

  • Control Technology for Nitrogen Oxide Emissions from Stationary Sources (reference)

  • Reduction of Nitrogen Oxide Emissions (Acs Symposium, 587) (reference)

    (more book examples)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Nitrogen Oxide

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

Nitrogen oxide has fallen by 26 percent, carbon monoxide by 30 percent, lead by 50 percent and particulates have been reduced by 28 percent. (references)

Newer power plants have stricter pollution requirements and these can be met through a variety of methods including using relatively clean fuel sources, installing a FGDs and using a dry low-NOX burner or over-fire damper to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions. (references)

Economic History

Finland

Other best prospects include potential to supply equipment such as monitoring and measurement instruments for air pollution, sulfur and dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions removal and protection technology, etc. (references)

The Netherlands

Although the environmental quality in the Netherlands has improved significantly, some important targets, particularly with respect to nitrogen oxide and ammonia emissions, climate change, and noise reduction, will not be realized within the timeframe set in the NMPs. The main reason for this is the close relation between economic growth and its negative effects on the environment. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Nitrogen Oxide

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

nitrogen oxide

48

nitrogen oxide system

2
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Modern Translations: Nitrogen Oxide

Language Translations for "nitrogen oxide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

NOx-system (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), NOx-reservoir (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), nitrogenoxidsystem (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), nitrogenoxidkemi (nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry), frit nitrogenoxidradikal (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), dræn for nitrogen (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink, NOX sink). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vrij stikstofmonoxyderadicaal (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), stikstofsysteem (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), stikstofreservoir (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), stikstofput (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink, NOX sink), stikstofoxydechemie (nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

vapaa typpioksidiradikaali (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), typpivarasto (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), typpisysteemi (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), typpioksidiradikaali (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), typen oksidisysteemi (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), typen oksidien varasto (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), typen oksidien nielu (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink, NOX sink), typen oksidien kemia (N0x chemistry, nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry), typen nielu (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink, NOX sink). (various references)

   

French

  

système chimique relatif aux oxydes d'azote (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, oxides of nitrogen system), système chimique relatif l'azote (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, oxides of nitrogen system), système chimique impliquant l'azote (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, oxides of nitrogen system), système chimique concernant l'azote (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, oxides of nitrogen system), radical libre de monoxyde d'azote (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), radical de monoxyde d'azote (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), réservoir d'oxyde d'azote (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir), réservoir de NOx (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir), réservoir d'azote (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir), puits d'oxydes d'azote (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink), puits de NOX (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink), puits d'azote (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink), chimie des oxydes d'azote (nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry), chimie des N0x (nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry). (various references)

   

German

  

NOx-System (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), NOx-Reservoir (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), Stickstoff-Reservoir (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), Stickoxidsystem (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), Stickoxidsenke (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink, NOX sink), Stickoxid-Reservoir (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), Stickoxidchemie (N0x chemistry, nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry), freies Stickstoffmonoxydradikal (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

καταβόθρα αζώτου (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink, NOX sink), ρίζα μονοξειδίου του αζώτου (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), σύστημα του αζώτου (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), παγίδα οξειδίων του αζώτου (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), χημικό σύστημα του αζώτου (nitrogen oxide system, nitrogen system, NOx system, oxides of nitrogen system), χημεία των NOx (N0x chemistry, nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry), χημεία των οξειδίων του αζώτου (N0x chemistry, nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry), ελεύθερη ρίζα μονοξειδίου του αζώτου (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), δεξαμενή αζώτου (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

' 酸化物 . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ちっそさ"かぶつ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

itrogennay oxideay

   

Portuguese

  

azoto (azote, E941, nitrogen). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

óxido de nitrógeno. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kvävesänka (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink, NOX sink), kvävereservoar (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), kväveoxidsänka (nitrogen oxide sink, nitrogen sink, NOX sink), kväveoxidreservoar (nitrogen oxide reservoir, nitrogen reservoir, NOx reservoir), kväveoxidradikal (free nitrogenoxide radical, nitrogen oxide radical), kemin om kväveoxider (N0x chemistry, nitrogen oxide chemistry, oxides of nitrogen chemistry). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Nitrogen Oxide

Misspellings

"Nitrogen Oxide" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: nitogen oxide. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Nitrogen Oxide

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-e-g-i-i-n-n-o-o-r-t-x"

-3 letters: ingredient, reindexing.

-4 letters: endotoxin, enrooting, extending, internode, orienting, redingote, reediting, reedition, reignited, rendition, tendering.

-5 letters: denoting, detoxing, dextrine, enditing, enrooted, entering, exerting, exertion, ignitron, indenter, indentor, indexing, indigene, indigent, intender, interned, nextdoor, nidering, nitrogen, nonrigid, noontide, oriented, reignite, retinoid, rodeoing, roentgen, rotenone, trending, trioxide.

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Alternative Orthography: Nitrogen Oxide


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

4E 69 74 72 6F 67 65 6E      4F 78 69 64 65

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001110 01101001 01110100 01110010 01101111 01100111 01100101 01101110 00100000 01001111 01111000 01101001 01100100 01100101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#78 &#105 &#116 &#114 &#111 &#103 &#101 &#110 &#32 &#79 &#120 &#105 &#100 &#101

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004E 0069 0074 0072 006F 0067 0065 006E      004F 0078 0069 0064 0065

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

487586848173718024990757071

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Expressions: Internet
6. Translations: Modern
7. Derivations
8. Anagrams
9. Orthography
10. Bibliography


  

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