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Alkaline compound
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amine
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals [syn: aminoalkane ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Amine \Am"ine\ (?; 277), n. [Ammonia + -ine.] (Org. Chem.) One of a class of basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by an alkyl or aryl group. Compare amide , in which an acyl group is attached to the nitrogen. ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Primary amine Secondary amine Tertiary amine primary amine secondary amine tertiary amine In organic chemistry , amines (US: or , UK: , or ) are compounds and functional groups that contain a basic nitrogen atom with a lone pair . Amines are formally derivatives ...
Usage examples of amine.
He left the tent and, seeing Amine by the fire, asked her to bring in the morning meal.
Sensing someone behind her, Christina turned abruptly, thinking it was Philip, but was surprised to find Amine looking shyly at her.
Christina thought how happy Amine seemed, even though she had been stolen from her family, too.
While Christina took off her robe, Amine stared in wonder at her breeches.
Taking the towel as Amine left to hang her clothes, Christina rubbed her body down vigorously.
She unpinned her hair, which was only slightly damp, and was combing out the golden locks when Amine came back into the room.
In the late hours of the following morning, Christina was mending the hem on one of her skirts when Amine came into the tent very slowly.
If Ahmad dies, then Syed will hate us and we will never be able to see my sister, Amine, again.
Later, Amine called for entrance just as Christina and Philip came out of the bedroom.
And Amine told her later that she had seen him talking to Rashid very early by the corral and that Philip had then ridden out of camp.
A few moments later, Amine came outside, and Christina started crying again.
Through tear-filled eyes she saw Amine standing at the top of the hill, waving her hand with the mirror in it.
An amine solution pump came on, a vent fan winding up in the space, whirring quietly in the otherwise church like quiet.
He sniffed the air, the scent a mixture of diesel oil and diesel exhaust from the emergency generator, ozone from the electrical equipment, cooking oil, lubricating oils, and amines from the atmospheric control equipment.
The electrical smell of the ship came into his nostrils, a brew of cooking oil, ozone, diesel fuel, cleaning solution, and amines, the perfume of it filling him with nostalgia.