Azo

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Azo- \Az"o-\ [See {Azote}.] (Chem.)
     A combining form of azote;
     (a) Applied loosely to compounds having nitrogen variously
         combined, as in cyanides, nitrates, etc.
     (b) 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-}.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  azo
       adj : relating to or containing the azo radical