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- noun Plural form of
amide .
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Examples
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Laveran's opinion rests therefore without any foundation, and the hypothesis put forward by us that the parasites exist outside the body in the form of amides is confirmed.
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"We exploit chemicals called amides," said Tom Corless, the test rig's technical director.
Last chance to prove that UK carbon capture plan can work Robin McKie 2010
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A key point about setting up this rig is to find ways to improve the kind of amides that we use so we can keep down the heating bill and the cost of the carbon-capture plant.
Last chance to prove that UK carbon capture plan can work Robin McKie 2010
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Du Pont is stringing together groups such as amides into long chains.
Gravity's Rainbow Pynchon, Thomas 1978
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Electron-sharing allows for bond formation, and alcohols, amines, and thiols (the basic functional groups of carbon molecules containing oxygen, nitrogen, or sulfur) and the generous nature of these elements are often utilized to form esters and amides.
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But emboldened by their successes, the chemists began to synthesize not just dyes and solvents, but an entire universe of new molecules: phenols, alcohols, bromides, alkaloids, alizarins, and amides, chemicals never encountered in nature.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The monomers in its vapors polymerize in the presence of water, amines, amides, hydroxyl, and carboxylic acid—all of which happen to be found in the oils left by fingerprints.
HOUSE RULES JODI PICOULT 2010
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But emboldened by their successes, the chemists began to synthesize not just dyes and solvents, but an entire universe of new molecules: phenols, alcohols, bromides, alkaloids, alizarins, and amides, chemicals never encountered in nature.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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But emboldened by their successes, the chemists began to synthesize not just dyes and solvents, but an entire universe of new molecules: phenols, alcohols, bromides, alkaloids, alizarins, and amides, chemicals never encountered in nature.
The Emperor of All Maladies Siddhartha Mukherjee 2010
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The resulting chemical mix is then heated, a process that breaks apart the carbon dioxide and the amides.
Last chance to prove that UK carbon capture plan can work Robin McKie 2010
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