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English
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Etymology
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Borrowed from French oxygène (originally in the form principe oxygène, a variant of principe oxigine ‘acidifying principle’, suggested by Lavoisier), from Ancient Greek ὀξύς (oxús, “sharp”) + γένος (génos, “birth”), referring to oxygen's supposed role in the formation of acids. Equivalent to oxy- + -gen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]oxygen (countable and uncountable, plural oxygens)
- The chemical element (symbol O) with an atomic number of 8 and relative atomic mass of 15.9994. It is a colorless and odorless gas.
- Hypernym: chalcogen
- Molecular oxygen (O2), a colorless, odorless gas at room temperature, also called dioxygen.
- 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:
- Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: the ability to convert water and carbon dioxide into carbohydrates and waste oxygen using solar energy. The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light.
- (medicine) A mixture of oxygen and other gases, administered to a patient to help them breathe.
- (countable) An atom of this element.
- 2013, Spencer L. Seager, Michael R. Slabaugh, Chemistry for Today: General, Organic, and Biochemistry, page 479:
- Look first at any structure to see if there is a carbon with two oxygens attached. Hemiacetals, hemiketals, acetals, and ketals are all alike in that regard.
- (figurative) A condition or environment in which something can thrive.
- Silence is the oxygen of shame.
- They hoped to starve the terrorists of the oxygen of publicity.
Synonyms
[edit]- sourstuff
- E948 when used as a packaging gas
Derived terms
[edit]- atmospheric oxygen
- biochemical oxygen demand
- biological oxygen demand
- carbon-nitrogen-oxygen cycle
- chemical oxygen generator
- dioxin
- dioxygen
- gox
- heliox
- hyperbaric oxygen chamber
- liquid oxygen
- lox
- molecular oxygen
- nitrox
- nox
- oxo-
- oxy-
- oxygen-16
- oxygen-17
- oxygen-18
- oxygen bar
- oxygen bottle
- oxygen burning
- oxygen candle
- oxygen canister
- oxygen catastrophe
- oxygen crisis
- oxygen cylinder
- oxygen debt
- oxygen deficit
- oxygen demand
- oxygen depletion
- oxygen difluoride
- oxygen fluoride
- oxygen gas
- oxygen holocaust
- oxygenise, oxygenize
- oxygen lance
- oxygenless
- oxygen mask
- oxygenous
- oxygen pulse
- oxygen-rich
- oxygen saturation
- oxygen stone
- oxygen tank
- oxygen tent
- oxygen therapy
- oxygen thief
- oxygen toxicity
- oxygen waster
- peripheral oxygen saturation
- quit the oxygen habit
- reactive oxygen species
- red oxygen
- singlet oxygen
- suck all the oxygen out of
- suck the oxygen out of
- suck up all the oxygen in
- tetraoxygen
- theoretical oxygen demand
- triplet oxygen
- waste of oxygen
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Burmese: အောက်ဆီဂျင် (aukhcigyang)
Translations
[edit]chemical element
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molecular oxygen
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atom of oxygen
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Oxygen on the British Royal Society of Chemistry's online periodic table
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]oxygen n (singular definite oxygenet, not used in plural form)
German
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Adjective
[edit]oxygen (strong nominative masculine singular oxygener, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of oxygen (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist oxygen | sie ist oxygen | es ist oxygen | sie sind oxygen | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | oxygener | oxygene | oxygenes | oxygene |
genitive | oxygenen | oxygener | oxygenen | oxygener | |
dative | oxygenem | oxygener | oxygenem | oxygenen | |
accusative | oxygenen | oxygene | oxygenes | oxygene | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der oxygene | die oxygene | das oxygene | die oxygenen |
genitive | des oxygenen | der oxygenen | des oxygenen | der oxygenen | |
dative | dem oxygenen | der oxygenen | dem oxygenen | den oxygenen | |
accusative | den oxygenen | die oxygene | das oxygene | die oxygenen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein oxygener | eine oxygene | ein oxygenes | (keine) oxygenen |
genitive | eines oxygenen | einer oxygenen | eines oxygenen | (keiner) oxygenen | |
dative | einem oxygenen | einer oxygenen | einem oxygenen | (keinen) oxygenen | |
accusative | einen oxygenen | eine oxygene | ein oxygenes | (keine) oxygenen |
Related terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin oxygenium.
Noun
[edit]oxygen n
- (rare) oxygen
- 2022 December 7, Inga Korsbäck, “Ökade lager av syrgas på sjukhusen i Västmanland – insåg behovet under pandemin [Increased stocks of oxygen at the hospitals in Västmanland - realized the need during the pandemic.]”, in Sveriges Radio P4:
- När pandemin tog fart våren 2020 var Region Västmanlands beredskap god när det gäller medicinska gaser som syrgas (oxygen). Redan i april 2020 fanns en extra tank flytande oxygen på plats på sjukhusområdet i Västerås och man klarar i dag Socialstyrelsens skärpta krav.
- When the pandemic gained momentum in the spring of 2020, Region Västmanland's preparedness was good concerning medical gases like oxygen. Already in April 2020, there was an additional tank of liquid oxygen in place at the hospital area in Västerås, and today they meet the stricter requirements set by the National Board of Health and Welfare.
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