Oxygen (Marie Serneholt song)
WordNet

noun


(1)   A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
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Etymology


Borrowed from oxygène (originally in the form principe oxygène, a variant of principe oxigine ‘acidifying principle’, suggested by Lavoisier), from (oxus) sharp + (genos) birth, referring to oxygen's role in the formation of acids.

Noun


  1. A chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994.
  2. Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature.
  3. A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help him or her to breathe.
  4. An atom of this element.

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