Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A flammable, colorless or yellowish liquid base, C5H5N, having a penetrating odor and serving as the parent compound of many biologically important derivatives. It is used as a solvent and waterproofing agent and in the manufacture of various drugs and vitamins.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A colorless liquid (C5H5N) of pungent odor, derived from coal-tar, and useful in allaying asthmatic paroxysms.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Physiol. Chem.) A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaïnes, may be mentioned. See
lutidine .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun organic chemistry Any of a
class ofaromatic heterocyclic compounds containing aring of fivecarbon atoms and annitrogen atom; especially thesimplest one, C5H5N.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And Professor See, the eminent French physician, believes that the pyridine is the relieving agent.
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And Professor See, the eminent French physician, believes that the pyridine is the relieving agent.
The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken Philip E. Muskett
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Moreover, from methyl-pyridine, C_ {5} H_ {4} N (CH_ {3}), would be derived an acid know as pyridine-carboxylic acid, C_ {5} H_ {4} N (COOH), just as benzoic acid,
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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Relative to children of Non-escape drinkers, children whose mothers were Escape drinkers showed greater dislike for the odor of beer, even when beer was compared with unpleasant odors such as pyridine and cigarette smoke.
Kids Connect Alcohol Odors with Mom’s Emotions GreenFertility 2008
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Relative to children of Non-escape drinkers, children whose mothers were Escape drinkers showed greater dislike for the odor of beer, even when beer was compared with unpleasant odors such as pyridine and cigarette smoke.
Archive 2008-06-01 GreenFertility 2008
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When given a choice between beer and pyridine – the smell of rotten eggs – children of mothers who drink to relieve tension and worry choose pyridine as smelling better.
Archive 2008-06-01 GreenFertility 2008
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When given a choice between beer and pyridine – the smell of rotten eggs – children of mothers who drink to relieve tension and worry choose pyridine as smelling better.
Kids Connect Alcohol Odors with Mom’s Emotions GreenFertility 2008
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One of the odors was always beer; the others were bubblegum, chocolate, cola, coffee, green tea, pyridine, and cigarette smoke.
Kids Connect Alcohol Odors with Mom’s Emotions GreenFertility 2008
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One of the odors was always beer; the others were bubblegum, chocolate, cola, coffee, green tea, pyridine, and cigarette smoke.
Archive 2008-06-01 GreenFertility 2008
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Yale graduate student Bob Kemp determined the fates of reduced pyridine nucleotides, NAPDH and NADH in Leuconostoc mesenteroides fermentation and growth using 1-T glucose, 1-T 2 deoxy-glucose and 3-T glucose.
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