Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The removal or destruction of nitrates.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act or process of freeing from nitrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of nitrogen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The process by which a
nitrate becomesmolecular nitrogen , especially by the action ofbacteria .
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Examples
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Without nitrogen-fixing soil life to intervene, a putrefaction process called denitrification results in lost soil fertility, as nitrogen is released as nitrous oxide into the atmosphere.
Paula Crossfield: Getting at the Roots of Climate Change: Food 2009
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In a process called denitrification, other bacteria convert ammonia and nitrate into molecular nitrogen and nitrous oxide (N2O).
AP Environmental Science Chapter 2- The Cycling of Matter 2008
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Where air was insufficient (though still aerobic) decay is retarded but worse, a process called denitrification occurs in which nitrates and ammonia are biologically broken down into gasses and permanently lost.
Organic Gardener's Composting Steve Solomon
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When suboxic waters (oxygen essentially absent) occur at depths of less than 300 feet, the combination of high respiration rates, and the peculiarities of a process called denitrification can cause N2O production rates to be 10,000 times higher than the average for the open ocean.
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Once the materials are exposed to air, they undergo a process called denitrification and gas bubbles explode in the air.
The Charleston Gazette - The Associated Press 2010
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Once the materials are exposed to air, they undergo a process called denitrification and gas bubbles explode in the air.
The Charleston Gazette - The Associated Press 2010
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When suboxic waters (oxygen essentially absent) occur at depths of less than 300 feet, the combination of high respiration rates, and the peculiarities of a process called denitrification can cause N2O production rates to be 10,000 times higher than the average for the open ocean.
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Without nitrogen-fixing soil life to intervene, a putrefaction process called denitrification results in lost soil fertility, as nitrogen is released as nitrous oxide into the atmosphere.
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Without nitrogen-fixing soil life to intervene, a putrefaction process called denitrification results in lost soil fertility, as nitrogen is released as nitrous oxide into the atmosphere.
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Without nitrogen-fixing soil life to intervene, a putrefaction process called denitrification results in lost soil fertility, as nitrogen is released as nitrous oxide into the atmosphere.
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