| 单词 | oxygenous |
| 释义 | oxygenous, a.|ɒkˈsɪdʒɪnəs|
[f. oxygen, or F. oxygène + -ous.]
†a. Producing acids, acidifying: oxygenous gas, oxygen; oxygenous principle, Kirwan's rendering (1787) of Lavoisier's principe oxygine (1777–84). Obs.
b. Of the nature of, consisting of, or containing oxygen.
1787Kirwan Essay on Phlogiston ii. 22 The vitriolic acid, according to them [Lavoisier, etc.] consists of sulphur as its base, and pure air, in a concrete state, as its acidifying or oxygenous principle. Ibid. (passim), The oxygenous principle. 1788Priestley in Phil. Trans. 157 The term phlogiston..may still be given to that principle or thing, which, when added to water, makes it to be inflammable air; as the term oxygenous principle may be given to that thing which, when it is incorporated with water, makes dephlogisticated air. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 233 On account of this property..the denomination of oxigenous gas has been given to vital air. 1822J. Imison Sc. & Art II. 47 The reason of this is, that the oxygenous part of the air has united to the metal. 1875Maine Village Communities (1876) 213 The exclusive food of the natives of India is of an oxygenous rather than a carbonaceous character. |
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