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Definition: Azo |
AzoAdjective1. Relating to or containing the azo radical. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Azo Marquis of Este, married Parisina, who fell in love with Hugo, a natural son of Azo. The marquis ordered Hugo to be beheaded; but no one knows what the fate of Parisina was. Azo, at any rate, married again, and had a family. This Azo was in reality Niccolo of Ferrara. (Byron: Parisina.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Azo compounds are formed as the result of diazonium coupling reactions between diazonium salts and coupling agents in alkaline solution. The diazonium ion acts as an electrophile and reacts with the benzene ring of the coupling agent. Diazonium salts decompose above about 5 degrees centigrade so the reaction takes place in solution under freezing conditions:
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
AZO | English | Azores | Geography |
AZO | German | Azoren | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Crosswords: Azo |
| English words defined with "azo": azo dye ♦ congo red ♦ diazonium ♦ gamma acid ♦ methyl orange ♦ Roccellin ♦ Tetrazo-, Tropaeolin ♦ Vesuvine. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "azo": 3,3'-Dichlorobenzidine ♦ azoic dyeing ♦ benzimidazolon pigments, beta-naphtol pigments ♦ Dianisidine ♦ Evans Blue ♦ Formazans ♦ o-Aminoazotoluene ♦ Parisina ♦ to couple, Trypan Blue. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "azo": Carbazol. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Azo" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Hungarian (azo). |
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| "Azo" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Azo" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "azo": azo dye ♦ azo group ♦ azo radical. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "azo": azo-bond, azo-bound, azo-dye. | |
Containing "azo": benzene-azo-benzene. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
azo | 136 |
azo standard | 26 |
azo dye | 14 |
azo yeast | 8 |
azo product | 5 |
azo test strip | 4 |
10 azo g kodak paper | 4 |
azo bowling | 3 |
azo cranberry | 3 |
azo blue | 3 |
azo compuestos | 3 |
azo ball bowling | 3 |
azo bowling.com | 3 |
azo infection yeast | 2 |
azo stock | 2 |
azo pill | 2 |
azo inc | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "azo"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 偶氮 (Azo-). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | azopigment (azo pigment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | azo-kleurstof (azo pigment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | atsopigmentti (azo pigment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pigment azoique (azo pigment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Azopigment (azo pigment), Azo-Farbstoffe (azo dyes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αζω-πιγμέντο (azo pigment), αζωχρώματα (azo dyes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | azo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | azoay pigmento azo (azo pigment). (various references) pigmento azoico (azo pigment). (various references) azopigment (azo pigment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "azo": azoic, azole, azoles, azon, azonal, azonic, azons, azoospermia, azoospermias, azote, azoted, azotemia, azotemias, azotemic, azotes, azoth, azoths, azotic, azotise, azotised, azotises, azotising, azotize, azotized, azotizes, azotizing, azotobacter, azotobacters, azoturia, azoturias. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "azo": diazo, sleazo. (additional references) | |
Words containing "azo": acetazolamide, acetazolamides, amazon, amazonite, amazonites, amazons, amazonstone, amazonstones, bazoo, bazooka, bazookas, bazooms, bazoos, benzimidazole, benzimidazoles, blazon, blazoned, blazoner, blazoners, blazoning, blazonings, blazonries, blazonry, blazons, carbazole, carbazoles, cyclazocine, cyclazocines, diazole, diazoles, diazonium, diazoniums, diazotization, diazotizations, diazotize, diazotized, diazotizes, diazotizing, emblazon, emblazoned, emblazoner, emblazoners, emblazoning, emblazonment, emblazonments, emblazonries, emblazonry, emblazons, epazote, epazotes, furazolidone. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: zoa. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-o-z" | |
+1 letter: azon, zoea. | |
+2 letters: adoze, azido, azlon, azoic, azole, azons, azote, azoth, bazoo, colza, diazo, gazoo, kazoo, matzo, razor, topaz, wazoo, zoeae, zoeal, zoeas, zonal. | |
+3 letters: amazon, azlons, azoles, azonal, azonic, azoted, azotes, azoths, azotic, azygos, bazoos, bezoar, blazon, colzas, coryza, epizoa, gazabo, gazebo, gazoos, kazoos, mahzor, matzoh, matzos, matzot, razors, sleazo, wazoos, zealot, zoaria, zodiac, zoecia, zonary, zonate, zonula, zoonal, zouave, zoysia, zygoma. | |
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