azoic

ADJECTIVE
  1. before the appearance of life
    azoic rocks contain not organic remains
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How To Use azoic In A Sentence

  • C_6H_5CONH·CH_2CONH·NH_2, and this substance is converted by nitrous acid into diazo-hippuramide, C_6H_5CONH·CH_2·CO·NH·N_2·OH, which is hydrolysed by the action of caustic alkalis with the production of salts of hydrazoic acid. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"
  • They imagined they could distinguish certain geological relations and families, and would talk about trilobites, the Old Red Sandstone period, and the azoic age, or follow random speculation to far-lying conclusions, developing vague humors of phrase and fancy, having altogether a joyful good time. Mark Twain: A Biography
  • The obelisks are all formed of granite, the foundation-stone of the globe, belonging to the oldest azoic formation, which laid down the first basis for the appearing of life. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
  • The problem belongs to the science of statistics, and it is a most difficult affair for anyone whose mathematics is primitive, and mine remain azoic in spite of the half dozen manuals which I once devoutly imagined that I understood. Public Opinion
  • azoic rocks contain not organic remains
  • These ideas were largely a carry over from Edward Forbes in the late 1800's, who proposed the azoic hypothesis for the deep sea.
  • This was the so-called ‘azoic’ (a = without, zoic = life) theory and the supposed lifeless region below 300 fathoms was the ‘azoic zone,’ an abyss where no life could exist.
  • Azoic dyeing consists of reacting two components, neither of which itself is a dye, with one another inside the fiber to form an azo pigment.
  • Chaotic purpose shaped a lifeless earth Which spawned primordial ooze conceived within Azoic consciousness.
  • These compounds can be prepared from reduction of nitro compounds, by the action of nitric acid on amines, from compounds containing the carbonyl group (azines), and from the salts of hydrazoic acid (azide).
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