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ni·trous ox·ide

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. nitrous oxide, laughing gasnoun

    inhalation anesthetic used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery

Wiktionary

  1. nitrous oxidenoun

    A non-flammable gas (NO) commonly used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects.

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  1. Nitrous oxide

    Nitrous oxide (dinitrogen oxide or dinitrogen monoxide), commonly known as laughing gas, nitrous, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula N2O. At room temperature, it is a colourless non-flammable gas, and has a slightly sweet scent and taste. At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a powerful oxidiser similar to molecular oxygen. Nitrous oxide has significant medical uses, especially in surgery and dentistry, for its anaesthetic and pain-reducing effects. Its colloquial name, "laughing gas", coined by Humphry Davy, is due to the euphoric effects upon inhaling it, a property that has led to its recreational use as a dissociative anaesthetic. It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines. It is also used as an oxidiser in rocket propellants, and in motor racing to increase the power output of engines. Nitrous oxide's atmospheric concentration reached 333 parts per billion (ppb) in 2020, increasing at a rate of about 1 ppb annually. It is a major scavenger of stratospheric ozone, with an impact comparable to that of CFCs. Global accounting of N2O sources and sinks over the decade ending 2016 indicates that about 40% of the average 17 TgN/yr (teragrams, or million metric tons, of nitrogen per year) of emissions originated from human activity, and shows that emissions growth chiefly came from expanding agriculture and industry sources within emerging economies. Being the third most important long-lived greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide also substantially contributes to global warming.Nitrous oxide is used as a propellant, and has a variety of applications from rocketry to making whipped cream. It is used as a recreational drug for its potential to induce a brief "high"; most recreational users are unaware of its neurotoxicity and potential to cause neurological damage.

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  1. nitrous oxide

    Nitrous oxide, also known as laughing gas or dinitrogen monoxide (N2O), is a colorless, non-flammable gas often used as an anesthetic in dentistry and surgery for its analgesic and anesthetic effects. Additionally, it is used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants, and in motor racing to increase the power output of engines. At room temperature, it is a non-toxic gas but it can be harmful to the environment as it is a potent greenhouse gas.

Wikidata

  1. Nitrous oxide

    Nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, is a chemical compound with the formula N 2O. It is an oxide of nitrogen. At room temperature, it is a colourless, non-flammable gas, with a slightly sweet odour and taste. It is used in surgery and dentistry for its anaesthetic and analgesic effects. It is known as "laughing gas" due to the euphoric effects of inhaling it, a property that has led to its recreational use as a dissociative anaesthetic. It is also used as an oxidizer in rocketry and in motor racing to increase the power output of engines. At elevated temperatures, nitrous oxide is a powerful oxidiser similar to molecular oxygen. Nitrous oxide gives rise to NO on reaction with oxygen atoms, and this NO in turn reacts with ozone. As a result, it is the main naturally occurring regulator of stratospheric ozone. It is also a major greenhouse gas and air pollutant. Considered over a 100-year period, it has 310 times more impact 'per unit weight' than carbon dioxide according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Nitrous Oxide

    Nitrogen oxide (N2O). A colorless, odorless gas that is used as an anesthetic and analgesic. High concentrations cause a narcotic effect and may replace oxygen, causing death by asphyxia. It is also used as a food aerosol in the preparation of whipping cream.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of nitrous oxide in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of nitrous oxide in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of nitrous oxide in a Sentence

  1. Lanie Friedman:

    This is impacting any company that uses nitrous oxide in food, so includes private label and competitive whipped topping too.

  2. Sam Kass:

    In the United States we throw away around 40 % of what we produce ; and globally, 28 % of the land under cultivation grows food that ends up in landfills, not only are you wasting all of the energy and water -- and the emissions from nitrous oxide from fertilizers -- you then just dump that into a landfill, which produces methane in amounts that is just staggering.

  3. Bo Elberling:

    It is clear to us that the level of nitrous oxide is very high in places where there are penguins -- and thereby guano -- and vice versa, lower in places where there is none.


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