Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Air that has a higher percentage of oxygen than atmospheric air, sometimes used in scuba diving to reduce the risk of decompression sickness and to allow for dives that are longer than normal.
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- noun A gas, a mixture of nitrogen and oxygen, used in
diving instead of air and having a lower nitrogen content than air.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And if you get really good, you get nitrox and you feel better when you get to the top.
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Twisting down the centre was the battery cable and the umbilical bringing in their nitrox and sucking out their exhaust, their lifeline to the world outside.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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You've got our tried and tested semi-closed rebreathers, with an oxygen-nitrox mix configured to give you maximum endurance at that depth.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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He grasped the umbilical hose with his right hand and with his other hand closed the nitrox port on his helmet, his body wedged awkwardly on his elbows against the wall of the tunnel and pressed up against Costas.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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But the nitrox fraction is small, and that shouldn't happen till you're out of the berg again.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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He grasped the umbilical hose with his right hand and with his other hand closed the nitrox port on his helmet, his body wedged awkwardly on his elbows against the wall of the tunnel and pressed up against Costas.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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You've got our tried and tested semi-closed rebreathers, with an oxygen-nitrox mix configured to give you maximum endurance at that depth.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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Simultaneously the two men pulled the nitrox hoses from their helmets and dropped them to the floor of the tunnel, and Costas released the power cable he had been holding.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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But the nitrox fraction is small, and that shouldn't happen till you're out of the berg again.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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We'll be hooked up to two hoses, one bringing us the nitrox and the other extracting the exhaust and venting it outside the berg.
Crusader Gold Gibbons, David 2007
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