Associations to the word «Azo»
Noun
Wiktionary
AZO, adjective. Azote, nitrogen
AZO, adjective. Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
AZO, adjective. Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc.
AZO COMPOUND, noun. (chemistry) an organic compound of the general formula R-N=N-R1; they are often coloured and are the basis of many synthetic dyes; a diazene
AZO DYE, noun. (chemistry) any of a large number of yellow to red synthetic dyes that contain an azo or diimide (-N=N-) functional group.
AZO DYES, noun. Plural of azo dye
Dictionary definition
AZO, adjective. Relating to or containing the azo radical.
Wise words
Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing
in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in
the hands of one who knows how to combine them.