azo

  1. Adjective.  azote, nitrogen.
  2. Adjective.  Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
  3. Adjective.  Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group (-N=N-) uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene etc.

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