azo : Idioms & Phrases

Index

azo dye

  • noun any dye containing one or more azo groups
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azo group

  • noun the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups
    azo group.
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azo radical

  • noun the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups
    azo group.
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azo-

Az"o-
Etymology
See Azote.
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) A combining form of azote; (a) Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc. (b) Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.
Webster 1913