Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A white amorphous compound, C6H6N10(?), left undissolved when melam is digested with potassium hydroxid.

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  • noun chemistry The heptazine with three amino substituents.

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  • In the classical period, temples were typically referred to by a place name and the name of the god to which they were dedicated. poetic naming scheme for their temples, giving them names like E-sherzid-guru (House clad in splendour) and E-melem-hush (House of terrifying radiance).

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  • * riva dwortXsa-Btivat Principium venijjent ii fcetus, perufiaque at» tffe melem confufam: ex hoc dif - que ita rupta ejfent membranarum

    De veritate religionis christianæ Hugo Grotius, Jean Le Clerc, 1657-1736 1772

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