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Word: Aniline
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 19th century: from anil ‘indigo’ (from which it was originally obtained), via French and Portuguese from Arabic an-nīl (from Sanskrit nīlī, from nīla ‘dark blue’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈanɪliːn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈanɪlʌɪn
Dialects: British English
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈanɪlɪn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a colourless oily liquid present in coal tar. It is used in the manufacture of dyes, drugs, and plastics, and was the basis of the earliest synthetic dyes.
Short Definition:colourless oily liquid present in coal tar
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