Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A colorless, oily, poisonous benzene derivative, C6H7N, used in the manufacture of rubber, dyes, resins, pharmaceuticals, and varnishes.
- adjective Derived from aniline.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Amidobenzol, C6H5NH2, a substance which furnishes a number of brilliant dyes.
- Pertaining to or derived from aniline: as, aniline colors.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.
- noun (Chem.) An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.
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- noun organic chemistry The simplest
aromatic amine , C6H5NH2,synthesized by thereduction ofnitrobenzene ; it is acolourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in themanufacture ofdyes andpharmaceuticals .
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- noun oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines
Etymologies
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A.W. von Hofmann investigated these variously prepared substances, and proved them to be identical, and thenceforth they took their place as one body, under the name aniline or phenylamine.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1 Various
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FURFURAL ANILINE: A resin formed from furfural and aniline, which is a cyclic amine derived from benzene, and is nowadays obtained from coal.
Chapter 11 1994
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The discovery of the so-called aniline dyes has greatly increased the variety of colors available.
Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson
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The chief poisonous dyes are the red and yellow coralline, substances derived from that series of chemical bodies which have been obtained of late years from coal tar, and commonly known as the aniline series.
Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Joel Dorman Steele
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It is well known that in coal-tar is found a series of ammonia-like bases, aniline or amido-benzol, toluidine or amido-toluol, and xylidine or amido-xylol, which are utilized practically in the manufacture of the so-called aniline dye-colors.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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The resulting compound is known as aniline, a liquid boiling at 182°.
An Elementary Study of Chemistry William McPherson
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Fritsche in the same year by the distillation of indigo with caustic potash developed a product which he also called aniline, the name being derived from the Portuguese word anil, meaning indigo.
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From benzoline, again, we get a liquid called aniline, from which are made so many of our beautiful dyes - mauve, magenta, and violet; and what is still more curious, the bitter almonds, pear - drops, and many other sweets which children like to well, are actually flavoured by essences which come out of coal-tar.
The Fairy-Land of Science Arabella B. Buckley 1884
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In Germany a substitute has been found in aniline, which is so cheap that within a measurable distance of time no indigo whatever will be bought.
The Coming Conquest of England August Niemann 1879
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Some progress has been made in this direction, but so far the main results are certain degradation-products such as aniline dyes derived from coal tar; salicylic acid; essences of fruits; etc. Still these and many other discoveries of the same nature do not prove that the laboratory of man can compete with the laboratory of the living plant cell.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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