(transitive) to treat something with nitrogen gas, especially with the intent of replacing gaseous oxygen / (transitive, chemistry) to react something with nitrogen

of, relating to, or containing nitrogen

Act or process of nitrogenizing.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of nitrogenize

plural of nitrogenization

plural of nitrogenation

The process of nitrogenating.

(chemistry, biochemistry) the conversion of atmospheric nitrogen into ammonia and organic derivatives, by natural means, especially such conversion, by microorganisms in the soil, into a form that can be assimilated by plants

(chemistry) The rapid inversion of the lone pair in a molecule such as a tertiary amine which prevents it from being chiral.

The natural circulation of nitrogen, in which atmospheric nitrogen is converted to nitrogen oxides by lightning and deposited in the soil by rain, where it is assimilated by plants and either eaten by animals (and returned as faeces) or decomposed back to elemental nitrogen by bacteria.