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TOLUIDINES
Noun
toluidines
plural of toluidine
Anagrams
• lutinoside
Source: Wiktionary
TOLUIDINE
To*lu"i*dine, n. (Chem.)
Definition: Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene analogous to aniline, and called respectively orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine; especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is obtained as a white crystalline substance.
Note: It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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