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a⋅mine

   [uh-meen, am-in]
–noun Chemistry.
any of a class of compounds derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms with organic groups.
Origin:
1860–65; am(monium) + -ine 2
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a·mine     (ə-mēn', ām'ēn)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   Any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen, such as ethylamine, C2H5NH2, that may be considered ammonia derivatives in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a hydrocarbon radical.


[am(monium) + -ine2.]

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amine

noun
a compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals 

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amine   (ə-mēn', ām'ēn)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of a group of organic compounds that may be considered derivatives of ammonia (NH3) in which one or more hydrogen atoms have been replaced by a hydrocarbon radical. In aniline (C6H5NH2), for example, one hydrogen atom has been replaced by a phenyl group (C6H5). Amines are produced by the decay of organic matter.

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Amine

Am"ine\ (?; 277), n. [Ammonia + -ine.] (Chem.) One of a class of strongly basic substances derived from ammonia by replacement of one or more hydrogen atoms by a basic atom or radical.

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