Hypertext Webster Gateway: "azo"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Azo- \Az"o-\ [See {Azote}.] (Chem.)
A combining form of azote;
(a) Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously
combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
(b) Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom
nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in
azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many
artificial dyes. See {Diazo-}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
azo
adj : relating to or containing the azo radical
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