dinitrogen

Meanings

noundinitrogen (uncountable)

uncountablechemistryDiatomic nitrogen (molecular nitrogen): the normal nitrogen molecule having two atoms.
Meronyms: nitrogen (strict sense), N
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[…] dinitrogen does not have properties that would be considered as suitable for life from a terran perspective (Table 7.2).
2008, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Louis Neal Irwin, Life in the Universe: Expectations and Constraints, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 128
Synonyms: nitrogen
uncountablechemistryTwo atoms of nitrogen as part of some other compound.
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The emission rates into the air are higher for hydropower plants in nonalpine regions due to higher emission rates of methane biogenic (7.94 × 10₋₅ kg for nonalpine plants and 3.89 × 10₋₆ kg for alpine ones), but for dinitrogen monooxide^([sic]), hydropower plants of alpine regions have higher emission rates (2.14 x 10₋₈ ky for alpine plants and 1.1 x 10₋₁₁ kg for nonalpine ones).
2023, M. A. Parvez Mahmud, Shahjadi Hisan Farjana, Candace Lang, Green Energy: A Sustainable Future, page 94

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

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Chinese Mandarin 氮原子

French diazote

Italian diazoto, diazoto

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