nitrous
pronunciation
How to pronounce nitrous in British English:
UK ['naɪtrəs]
How to pronounce nitrous in American English:
US [ˈnaɪtrəs]
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- Adjective:
- of or containing nitrogen
Word Origin
- nitrous (adj.)
- c. 1600, from Latin nitrosus, from nitrum (see nitre). Originally "of nitre, pertaining to nitre;" more precise use in chemistry (designating a compound in which the nitrogen has a lower valence than the corresponding nitric compound) is from 1780s. Nitrous oxide attested from 1800.
Example
- 1. Agriculture is responsible for between half and two-thirds of emissions of two especially toxic greenhouse gases , methane and nitrous oxide .
- 2. Other reactive trace gases such as nitrous oxide and methyl iodide also remain at elevated and aberrant levels .
- 3. Nitrous oxide is destroyed in the stratosphere and removed from the atmosphere more slowly than methane , persisting for around 114 years .
- 4. Nitrous oxide is stable at ground level but breaks down in the upper atmosphere to form compounds that trigger chemical reactions that destroy ozone .
- 5. The daily variation of nitrous oxide emission from vegetable system .