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oxygen | azure |

As a noun oxygen

is a chemical element (symbol o) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 159994.

As a verb azure is

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As an adjective azure is

azure (blue in colour).

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.

    • Derived terms

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    Related terms

    * BSCCO * Entonox * hydroxy- * hydroxyl * oxide * oxo-, oxo * oxy-, oxy * oxygenase * oxygenate * oxygenation * oxylith * oxytocic * YBCO

    Synonyms

    * sourstuff * when used as a packaging gas

    See also

    * ozone ----

    azure

    English

    (wikipedia azure)

    Noun

  • (tincture) A blue colour on a coat of arms, represented in engraving by horizontal parallel lines.
  • * 1997 , Brault, Early Blazon :
    • In Bb'' [Glover's Roll], the conventional letter ''B is used to indicate azure in most items.
  • The clear blue colour of the sky; also, a pigment or dye of this colour.
  • * Wordsworth
    • In robes of azure .
  • (poetic) The unclouded sky; the blue vault above.
  • *
    • Not like those steps / On heaven's azure .
  • Lapis lazuli.

    • Alternative forms

    * (blue color on a coat of arms)

    Derived terms

    * azurely * azureness * azurite * azurity

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Sky-blue; resembling the clear blue colour of the unclouded sky; cerulean; also, cloudless.
  • *
    • When Britain first, at Heaven's command / Arose from out the azure main.
  • (tincture) In blazon, of the colour blue.

    • Verb

    (azur)
  • To colour blue.

    • See also

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