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- noun (Chem.) One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.
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- noun chemistry One of the
quinoline bases , obtained fromcoal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N. - noun Any of several substances
metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.
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_cryptidine_ (dimethyl-quinoline), C_ {11} H_ {11} N.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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