Azo vs Ago - What's the difference?
azo | ago |
azote, nitrogen
Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc.
(archaic, or, dialectal) Gone; gone by; gone away; passed; passed away.
(archaic, or, dialectal) Nearly gone; dead (used in )''
In the past.
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As an adverb azo
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the iso 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for angola.azo
English
Adjective
(-)Derived terms
* azo colour * azo compound * azo dye * diazoAnagrams
* ----ago
English
Alternative forms
* ygo (obsolete), ygoe (obsolete), agon (obsolete), agoneAdjective
(en adjective)- in days ago'''/in days '''agone
Usage notes
* Usually follows the noun.Preposition
(English prepositions)Damned if you don’t, passage=Two years ago a pair of scientists sparked fears of a devastating virus. [They] separately found ways to make a strain of bird flu called H5N1 more contagious. Critics fretted that terrorists might use this knowledge to cook up a biological weapon. American officials ordered that the papers be redacted. Further research was put on hold. But after much debate, the papers were published in full last year.}}