Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An olive-green compound (KNH2) formed by heating potassium in ammonia gas.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A yellowish brown substance obtained by heating potassium in ammonia.
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- noun obsolete
potassium amide
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Examples
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I had in front of me some of the finest destructive agents you could wish to light upon -- carbon-monoxide, chlorine-trioxide, mercuric-oxide, conine, potassamide, potassium-carboxide, cyanogen -- when Edwards entered.
The Beetle Richard Marsh
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