Oxygen
noun
A colorless, odorless gas that is essential for human life and is a part of the air.
Without oxygen, we cannot breathe and will die.
Often appears as...
- oxygen mask
- oxygen tank
noun
An element in the periodic table with the atomic number 8.
Oxygen is represented by 'O' in the periodic table.
Often appears as...
- oxygen atom
- oxygen molecule
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Academic
noun
A factor or situation that encourages or supports growth or development.
His enthusiasm was the oxygen that kept the team's spirit alive.
Often appears as...
- oxygen for creativity
- oxygen for innovation
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Metaphorical
noun
A colorless, odorless gas that is essential for human life and is a part of the air.
Without oxygen, we cannot breathe and will die.
Often appears as...
- oxygen mask
- oxygen tank
noun
An element in the periodic table with the atomic number 8.
Oxygen is represented by 'O' in the periodic table.
Often appears as...
- oxygen atom
- oxygen molecule
Usage tips
Academic
noun
A factor or situation that encourages or supports growth or development.
His enthusiasm was the oxygen that kept the team's spirit alive.
Often appears as...
- oxygen for creativity
- oxygen for innovation
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Metaphorical
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Pro Tip 1/3Vital for Life
Oxygen is often used to express the critical need for something.
Water, like oxygen, is vital for survival.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Situations
Oxygen equipment is commonly referenced in safety and medical emergencies.
The paramedics put an oxygen mask on the patient.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Concern
Discussions on oxygen may indicate environmental issues like deforestation.
Trees are crucial because they produce oxygen.
Pro Tip 1/3Vital for Life
Oxygen is often used to express the critical need for something.
Water, like oxygen, is vital for survival.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Situations
Oxygen equipment is commonly referenced in safety and medical emergencies.
The paramedics put an oxygen mask on the patient.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Concern
Discussions on oxygen may indicate environmental issues like deforestation.
Trees are crucial because they produce oxygen.
Pro Tip 1/3Vital for Life
Oxygen is often used to express the critical need for something.
Water, like oxygen, is vital for survival.
Pro Tip 2/3Emergency Situations
Oxygen equipment is commonly referenced in safety and medical emergencies.
The paramedics put an oxygen mask on the patient.
Pro Tip 3/3Environmental Concern
Discussions on oxygen may indicate environmental issues like deforestation.
Trees are crucial because they produce oxygen.
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What does the liver do?...
while the hepatic portal vein brings it from the intestine. This double delivery fills the liver with nutrients, that it then sorts, processes and stores with the help of thousands of tiny internal processing plants, known as lobules. Both blood flows also deliver the oxygen that the liver needs to function.
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How do lungs work? -...
often struggling to keep track of everything we need to do. But fortunately, there's one important thing we don't have to worry about breathing. When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body's cells to keep them working and clear your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates.
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
think about pretty much anything else in the universe, maybe apart from the very most fundamental forces or powers. Let's take something like water. Now my science isn't very good. We might say something like water has two parts hydrogen and one parts oxygen, right? We all know that.
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Chasing Rivers, Part 2:...
knee deep in the river that is just laden with zinc, just one of the many heavy metals it was high. So, not a healthy river, but what's interesting is the oxygen level came back, you saw that dip, it came back up. So, somehow this river, on some level is restoring itself.
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The law of conservation...
in the three minutes that followed the birth of our universe. Eventually, clusters of atoms accumulated and formed stars. Within these stars, nuclear reactions fused light elements, such as hydrogen and helium, to form heavier elements, such as carbon and oxygen.
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What does an alien look...
radiation and no oxygen any life that would live here would have to be a form of extreme file so this is a type of life that can survive in and might even actually require these kind of extreme conditions but how do we go about
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How we think complex...
Another was a bacterial cell that converted solar energy into sugar molecules through photosynthesis. A third used oxygen gas to break down materials like sugar and release its energy into a form useful for life activities.
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Where did Earth’s water...
like beryllium, carbon and oxygen in a process known as nucleosynthesis. When stars eventually collapsed and exploded into supernovas, these new elements were spread across the universe
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Oxygen’s surprisingly...
Your vital organs, the gut, brain, bones, lungs, blood, and heart work together to sustain your life by delivering oxygen to tissues throughout your body.
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Boogie at an Animal...
Chilled water also holds more oxygen, and more oxygen means more life.
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What does the liver do?...
while the hepatic portal vein brings it from the intestine. This double delivery fills the liver with nutrients, that it then sorts, processes and stores with the help of thousands of tiny internal processing plants, known as lobules. Both blood flows also deliver the oxygen that the liver needs to function.
Video examples
How do lungs work? -...
often struggling to keep track of everything we need to do. But fortunately, there's one important thing we don't have to worry about breathing. When you breathe, you transport oxygen to the body's cells to keep them working and clear your system of the carbon dioxide that this work generates.
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Julian Baggini: Is there...
think about pretty much anything else in the universe, maybe apart from the very most fundamental forces or powers. Let's take something like water. Now my science isn't very good. We might say something like water has two parts hydrogen and one parts oxygen, right? We all know that.
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Chasing Rivers, Part 2:...
knee deep in the river that is just laden with zinc, just one of the many heavy metals it was high. So, not a healthy river, but what's interesting is the oxygen level came back, you saw that dip, it came back up. So, somehow this river, on some level is restoring itself.
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The law of conservation...
in the three minutes that followed the birth of our universe. Eventually, clusters of atoms accumulated and formed stars. Within these stars, nuclear reactions fused light elements, such as hydrogen and helium, to form heavier elements, such as carbon and oxygen.
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What does an alien look...
radiation and no oxygen any life that would live here would have to be a form of extreme file so this is a type of life that can survive in and might even actually require these kind of extreme conditions but how do we go about
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How we think complex...
Another was a bacterial cell that converted solar energy into sugar molecules through photosynthesis. A third used oxygen gas to break down materials like sugar and release its energy into a form useful for life activities.
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Where did Earth’s water...
like beryllium, carbon and oxygen in a process known as nucleosynthesis. When stars eventually collapsed and exploded into supernovas, these new elements were spread across the universe
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Oxygen’s surprisingly...
Your vital organs, the gut, brain, bones, lungs, blood, and heart work together to sustain your life by delivering oxygen to tissues throughout your body.
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Boogie at an Animal...
Chilled water also holds more oxygen, and more oxygen means more life.
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Ajay Piramal
Indian Businessman
Sometimes, we get mixed up when we say that profit is not important for stakeholders. Oxygen is not the reason a person lives. But it is essential to have oxygen, although it's not the only reason for a person's existence. It is similar for profit.
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Anjelica Huston
American Actress
Beautiful things comfort; they bring a real clarity and ease. We have to continue to make our environments beautiful - it's sort of like a prayer. If you surround yourself with beautiful things, you have a better life - one with more oxygen.
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Jocko Willink
American
Why do you want to get a good workout early in the morning? Well, because it sends more oxygen to your brain; it releases endorphins. It puts you in a state of mind where you can crush things, which is where you want to be.
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Chris Martin
American Musician
My philosophy at the moment is that I'm great - and so is everybody else. You have to fit your own oxygen mask. That's really my philosophy now: our band is the best band in the world. And so are all the other bands.
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Arca
Venezuelan Musician
When I met Bjork, I felt like it was a friendship first; it was like an oxygen you get from a person you only can exist with symbiotically. It's one of the most beautiful relationships I've had. She is incredible.
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Jimmy Cliff
Jamaican Musician
It's important for me to go back into the ghetto, where I'm from. I still get my oxygen from there. I don't live in the ghetto anymore, but every time I go back, I'm still seeing the same things that I lived.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
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Annette Bening
American Actress
Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.
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Wim Hof
Dutch Celebrity
Deep breathing changes the chemistry of the body by bringing oxygen into the tissue.
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Matt Roper
British Comedian
I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.
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Ajay Piramal
Indian Businessman
Sometimes, we get mixed up when we say that profit is not important for stakeholders. Oxygen is not the reason a person lives. But it is essential to have oxygen, although it's not the only reason for a person's existence. It is similar for profit.
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Anjelica Huston
American Actress
Beautiful things comfort; they bring a real clarity and ease. We have to continue to make our environments beautiful - it's sort of like a prayer. If you surround yourself with beautiful things, you have a better life - one with more oxygen.
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Jocko Willink
American
Why do you want to get a good workout early in the morning? Well, because it sends more oxygen to your brain; it releases endorphins. It puts you in a state of mind where you can crush things, which is where you want to be.
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Chris Martin
American Musician
My philosophy at the moment is that I'm great - and so is everybody else. You have to fit your own oxygen mask. That's really my philosophy now: our band is the best band in the world. And so are all the other bands.
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Arca
Venezuelan Musician
When I met Bjork, I felt like it was a friendship first; it was like an oxygen you get from a person you only can exist with symbiotically. It's one of the most beautiful relationships I've had. She is incredible.
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Jimmy Cliff
Jamaican Musician
It's important for me to go back into the ghetto, where I'm from. I still get my oxygen from there. I don't live in the ghetto anymore, but every time I go back, I'm still seeing the same things that I lived.
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Zig Ziglar
American Author
Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the 'gotta have it' scale.
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Annette Bening
American Actress
Having a life outside of movies is like pure oxygen. It makes the work more precious and informed.
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Wim Hof
Dutch Celebrity
Deep breathing changes the chemistry of the body by bringing oxygen into the tissue.
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Matt Roper
British Comedian
I want truth. I'm crying out to hear it. I need it like oxygen.
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