अंग्रेजी अंग्रेजी शब्दकोश

A combining form of azote

Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.

Now especially applied to compounds containing a two atom nitrogen group uniting two hydrocarbon radicals, as in azobenzene, azobenzoic, etc. These compounds furnish many artificial dyes. See Diazo-.