MELAMINE

melamine, cyanuramide

(noun) a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

melamine (countable and uncountable, plural melamines)

(chemistry) A strong aromatic heterocyclic base, triaminotriazine, used in combination with formaldehyde to manufacture melamine resins; any such resin, such as Formica

Anagrams

• Emmaline, Memelian, ammeline

Source: Wiktionary


Me*lam"ine, n. (Chem.)

Definition: A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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