oxygen

oxygen
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[English Word] oxygen
[Swahili Word] oksijeni
[Part of Speech] noun
[Class] 9
[Dialect] recent
[English Definition] a colorless tasteless odorless gaseous element that constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere and is found in water, in most rocks and minerals, and in numerous organic compounds, that is capable of combining with all elements except the inert gases, that is active in physiological processes, and that is involved especially in combustion (identified 1790)
[Terminology] chemistry
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[English Word] oxygen
[Swahili Word] hewa ya pumzi
[Part of Speech] noun
[Class] 9
[Swahili Definition] kitu kama hewa kilichomo kwa wingi, kiazi moja kwa tano, katika hewa yenyewe na maji na mawe pia na inapeana uhai kwa viumbe
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[English Word] oxygen
[Swahili Word] hewa ya pumuzi
[Part of Speech] noun
[Class] 9
[Derived Language] Swahili
[Derived Word] pumua
[Swahili Definition] kitu kama hewa kilichomo kwa wingi, kiazi moja kwa tano, katika hewa yenyewe na maji na mawe pia na inapeana uhai kwa viumbe
[English Example] breathe out
[Swahili Example] toa (shusha) pumzi
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