Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Pertaining to nitraniline: noting an acid, a golden-yellow compound, , prepared by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinol or hydroquinone. It crystallizes in needles and explodes at 170° C.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or designating, a complex organic acid produced as a white crystalline substance by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry A complex organic acid produced by the action of nitrous acid on hydroquinone.

Etymologies

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nitro- + chloranil + -ic.

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