Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
aniline .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formed from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Alternative name for
aniline (C6H5NH2).
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines
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Examples
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Not bad for a chemical that started as an accident involving a substance aniline, phenylamine that stinks of rotting fish.
The Purpler Tree and the things you talked about last night. Ann Althouse 2009
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Not bad for a chemical that started as an accident involving a substance aniline, phenylamine that stinks of rotting fish.
Let the tree be purple. Ann Althouse 2009
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An enzyme that converts the amino acid phenylamine to tyrosine, a precursor to the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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An enzyme that converts the amino acid phenylamine to tyrosine, a precursor to the neurotransmitter dopamine.
Alcohol and The Addictive Brain Kenneth Blum 1991
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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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