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am⋅mine

[am-een, uh-meen]
–noun Chemistry.
1. a compound containing one or more ammonia molecules in coordinate linkage.
2. any coordination compound containing one or more ammonia molecules bonded to a metal ion.

Origin:
1895–1900; amm(onia) + -ine 2
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am·mine   (ām'ēn', ā-mēn')   
n.  Any of a class of inorganic coordination compounds of ammonia and a metallic salt.

[amm(onia) + -ine2.]
am'mi·no' (ām'ə-nō', ə-mē'nō) adj.
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