azo group

1. 1.

   the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups

   Synonymsazo radical

   Broadergroup

Questions about azo group

What does azo group mean?

azo group means "the bivalent group -N=N- united to two hydrocarbon groups".

What is another word for azo group?

Close synonyms include azo radical. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is azo group a common word?

azo group is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.