| nitrogen cycle |
(see Nitrification cycle)
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| nitrogenous base |
A nitrogen-containing base that, along with a pentose sugar and a phosphate, is one of the three parts of a nucleotide, the building block of RNA and DNA.
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| nitrous oxide |
A liquid that turns to a gas when injected into an engine, tremendously increasing the power output by cooloing the intake charge temperature and by considerably increasing cylinder pressure by carrying oxygen into the cylinder.
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| nitrogen fixation |
The biological or chemical process by which elemental nitrogen, from the air, is converted to organic or available nitrogen.
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| nitrogenous |
A term used to describe chemical compounds (usually organic) containing nitrogen in combined forms. Proteins and nitrates are nitrogenous compounds.
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