Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An amide which has resemblance to an amine, containing both acid and alcohol radicals. Also spelled
alkalimide .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) One of a series of compounds that may be regarded as ammonia in which a part of the hydrogen has been replaced by basic, and another part by acid, atoms or radicals.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry One of a series of
compounds that may be regarded asammonia in which a part of thehydrogen has been replaced bybasic , and another part byacid ,atoms orradicals .
Etymologies
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Blend of alkali and amide
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