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What is the difference between la and oxygen?

la | oxygen |

As nouns the difference between la and oxygen

is that la is (music) a syllable used in to represent the sixth note of a major scale while oxygen is a chemical element (symbol o) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 159994.

As a interjection la

is (obsolete) used to introduce a statement with emphatic or intensive effect.

As a adjective la

is prefixed to the name of a woman, with ironic effect (as though an opera prima donna).

la

Translingual

Symbol

(head)
  • The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for Lao People's Democratic Republic.
  • ISO 3166-1 ----

    oxygen

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia oxygen)
  • A chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994.
  • Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=September-October, author= Katie L. Burke
  • , magazine=(American Scientist), title= In the News , passage=Oxygen' levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste ' oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light.}}
  • (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help him or her to breathe.
  • (countable) An atom of this element.
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    Synonyms

    * sourstuff * when used as a packaging gas

    See also

    * ozone ----