Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A monacid base, C10H15N, found in coal-tar. It boils at 211° C.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry A colourless or yellow
oil (C10H15N) found incoal tar , Dippel's oil,tobacco smoke , etc., regarded as an organicbase homologous withpyridine . - noun organic chemistry Any of a
series ofmetameric compounds of which coridine is atype .
Etymologies
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From Latin cortium leather, referring to its odour.
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