aethogen

See also: Aethogen

English

Alternative forms

æthogen, ethogen

Etymology

From Ancient Greek αἴθω (aíthō, “I ignite, kindle, light; I burn, blaze”) + -gen.

Noun

aethogen (uncountable)

  1. (chemistry) A compound of nitrogen and boron which, when heated before the blowpipe, gives a brilliant phosphorescent; boric nitride.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “aethogen”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

References
  • “aethogen”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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