Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows.
NEW iPhone Audio English dictionary


Noun: oxygen  ók-si-jun
  1. A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colourless odourless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust
    - O, atomic number 8

Derived forms: oxygens

See also: oxygenate, oxygenize

Type of: chemical element, element, gas

Part of: air, H2O, ozone, water

Encyclopedia: Oxygen Oxygen, Kingston YFC Oxygen, kingston yfc

Nearest

oxyacetylene
oxyacetylene torch
oxyacid
Oxybelis
oxybenzene
oxybutyric acid
oxycephaly
oxycodone
Oxydendrum
Oxydendrum arboreum
oxygen
oxygen acid
oxygen debt
oxygen deficit
oxygen mask
oxygen tent
oxygenase
oxygenate
oxygenation
oxygenic
oxygenise