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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The collective name of the various isomeric dimethylpyridines, (CH3)2C5H3N. They are present in coal-tar oil and in animal-and bone-oil, and resemble pyridine in general properties.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Chem.) Any one of several metameric alkaloids, C5H3N.(CH3)2, of the pyridine series, obtained from bone oil as liquids, and having peculiar pungent odors. These alkaloids are also called respectively dimethyl pyridine, ethyl pyridine, etc.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun organic chemistry Any of several dimethyl derivatives of pyridine, but especially 2,6-dimethyl pyridine that occurs in coal tar

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