oxygen

Definitions  ·  Examples  ·  Pronunciations  ·  Etymologies  ·  Related  ·  Statistics  ·  Comments (1)  · 
“
This oxygen was accompanied by 3.782 times its volume of nitrogen.

View all »
Definitions (5)

Toggle American Heritage definitions American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. noun A nonmetallic element constituting 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume that occurs as a diatomic gas, O2, and in many compounds such as water and iron ore. It combines with most elements, is essential for plant and animal respiration, and is required for nearly all combustion. Atomic number 8; atomic weight 15.9994; melting point -218.4°C; boiling point -183.0°C; gas density at 0°C 1.429 grams per liter; valence 2. See Table at element.

Toggle Century definitions Century Dictionary (2)

Toggle GNU Webster definitions GNU Webster's 1913 (1)

Toggle WordNet definitions WordNet (1)

Toggle elsewhere links Elsewhere on the web

View all »
Examples (50)

  • The first limitation is the oxygen -- oxygen toxicity. —  Richard Pyle dives the reef's Twilight Zone
  • And the oxygen is already removed by the process of burning the fuel. —  AnalogSFF,Jan/Feb2004
  • It is usually tacitly assumed that the oxygen will be a credit byproduct, to be sold as an industrial chemical (oxygen is presently the third largest tonnage industrial chemical produced in the United States). —  Escher, William - The Case for the Hydrogen-Oxygen Car
  • If the pressure as opposed to the oxygen is the dimension of interest then 1.3 atmospheres at 21\% could have been compared with 27. 3\% at ambient pressure. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • This experiment not only proves that the vermilion colour of the blood proceeds from oxygen, but likewise seems to show, that oxygen is the cause of excitability A quantity of azotic gas, which had been exposed for some time to the contact of lime water, in order to separate any carbonic acid gas it might contain, was injected into the jugular vein of a dog. —  Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease
More examples »
 

Tags

Sign up or sign in to add tags.

Words tagged oxygen

Stats

This word has been looked up 177 times.

stop updating
On Twitter

Photos from

flickr images

Etymologies (2)

Toggle American Heritage etymologies American Heritage Dictionary (1)

  1. French oxygène : Greek oxus, sharp, acid; see ak- in Indo-European roots + French -gène, -gen.

Toggle Century etymologies Century Dictionary (1)

  1. from French oxygène = Spanish oxígeno = Portuguese oxygeneo = Italian ossigeno, ossigene; from Greek ὀξύς, sharp, acid, + √ γενής, producing: see -gen.
 

Pronunciations
Record your own »
/ˈɑksɪdʒɛn/
by American Heritage

Charts
frequency chart

Bubble size: how much this word was used in a year

Bubble height: used more or less than expected, vs. all uses evenly distributed

You can expect to see this word a few times a week.

Recently looked up

ELECT · lappy · Cows · ellas · Dunks

Recent Favorites

pygopagus · sanglant · Astacus · sweetbread · qualms

Recent Pronunciations

ultimatum · pew · deadpool · sad panda · nom nom nom