Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An acidic organic compound containing two carbonyl groups bonded to ammonia or to a primary amine.
- noun A strongly basic anion, NH2−, or a salt containing it.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a substituted ammonia in which two hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by a bivalent acid radical, and the whole acts as a monobasic acid. An imide therefore contains the group NH, as carbimide, CO.NH.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A compound with, or derivative of, the imido group; specif., a compound of one or more acid radicals with the imido group, or with a monamine; hence, also, a derivative of ammonia, in which two atoms of hydrogen have been replaced by divalent basic or acid radicals; -- frequently used as a combining form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry a form of
amide in which thenitrogen atom is attached to twocarbonyl groups - R1CONHCOR2
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any of a class of organic compounds that contain the divalent radical -CONHCO-
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Mention should also be made of his other investigations; the conversion of chloral into dichloroacetic acid, the series of studies on the amide chlorides, imide chlorides, amidines, glyoxalines, etc., his work on azo dyes and diazo compounds, and many others.
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The injection I gave her meg imide is an effective antidote.
For Kicks Francis, Dick, 1920- 1965
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Somewhat later, they found that it could be prepared from diazobenzene imide, provided a nitro group were present in the ortho or para position to the diazo group.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon" Various
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I wonder, "he went on, as though speaking to himself," what amount of damage nearly a ton and a half of that awful azo-imide compound has done to the old sphinx.
Queen Sheba's Ring Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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These azo-imide compounds are said to burn rather more safely than coal.
Queen Sheba's Ring Henry Rider Haggard 1890
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Ultem 9085 polether imide with new machines designed for direct digital manufacturing, which is the production of parts directly from CAD files.
The Gadgeteer 2010
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Ultem 9085 polether imide with new machines designed for direct digital manufacturing, which is the production of parts directly from CAD files.
All DN headlines 2009
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Other applications and solutions include ball bearings, bolts and screws, washers, shafts, hinges, spacers and other mechanical pieces Torlon® PAI (polyamide-imide), KetaSpire® PEEK (polyetheretherketone) and PrimoSpire® SRP
ITnews 2009
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Ultem 9085 polether imide can now be used to make production parts on Victrex is being used on EOS laser sintering systems.
All DN headlines 2009
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Alison Tamasi and Lauryn Wolfe presented a paper, "Synthesis of coordination polymers using the imide ligand [N - (4-carboxyphenyl) - 5-carboxypthalimide] and other novel imide ligands," at the division of inorganic chemistry symposium on Undergraduate Research at the Frontiers of Inorganic Chemistry.
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