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Definition of Aniline

1. Noun. Oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and used to make dyes and plastics and medicines.

Definition of Aniline

1. n. An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

2. a. Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.

Definition of Aniline

1. Noun. (organic compound) The simplest aromatic amine, C₆H₅NH₂, synthesized by the reduction of nitrobenzene; it is a colourless oily basic poisonous liquid used in the manufacture of dyes and pharmaceuticals. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Aniline

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Aniline

1. An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colourless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made. See: Anil. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Aniline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"Indophenol is a vat dye of different type, being obtained by the action of nitroso-dimethyl aniline on a-naphthol. On reduction, it is converted into ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Pure aniline is a basic substance of an oily consistence, colourless, melting at —8° and ... aniline is a weak base and forms salts with the mineral acids. ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1866)
"The commercial aniline is always a mixture of at least these two substances, and very probably contains minute quantities of still other homologues of ..."

4. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1889)
"As the court said to the jury, the law was made for the future; and the term "aniline dyes and colors, by whatever name known," included articles which ..."

5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1862)
"—As we know that the alkaloids and their salts are almost identical in their effects, we can scarcely doubt that the physiological action of aniline and ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"aniline is an actively corrosive poison. It has a peculiar nauseating odor ... aniline is an oily organic liquid classified as a base. ..."

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