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Definition of Oxygen |
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Oxygen
A colorless, tasteless, odorless, gaseous element occurring in the free state in the atmosphere, of which it forms about 23 per cent by weight and about 21 per cent by volume, being slightly heavier than nitrogen. Symbol O. Atomic weight 15.96. Chlorine used in bleaching. Related Definitions: About, And, Atmosphere, Atomic, Being, Bleaching, By, Cent, Chlorine, Colorless, Element, Free, Gaseous, In, It, Nitrogen, Occurring, Odorless, Of, Per, Slightly, State, Symbol, Tasteless, Than, The, Used, Volume, Weight, Which |
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Oxygen Quotations
Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the "gotta have it" scale. Zig Ziglar Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders. Ronald Reagan Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer. Dave Barry Democratic nations must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend. Margaret Thatcher Freedom is the oxygen of the soul. Moshe Dayan Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can. Martha Beck The marathon is all about energy management. I had planned to run it like a track race with strategic surges to blow up my competitors by putting them into oxygen debt, so that is the way I prepared. Frank Shorter On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing. Michael Stipe Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three. Asa Gray The atmosphere of the theater is my oxygen. Placido Domingo |
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Oxygen Translations
oxygen in Dutch is zuurstof oxygen in German is Sauerstoff oxygen in Italian is ossigeno oxygen in Swedish is syre |
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