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melamine
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun melamine has 1 sense
- melamine(n = noun.substance) cyanuramide - a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins; Array is a kind of alkali, base
CIDE DICTIONARY
melamine, n.
A nitrogenous strongly basic chemical substance (C3H6N6 ), structurally 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine , produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam . Called also cyanuramide . It is used as one of the starting components (together with formaldehyde) in the preparation of melamine resins, including the commercially marketed Formica (TM). It is solid at room temperature, and sublimes at temperatures approaching 2501913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
melamine, n.
1 a white crystalline compound that can be copolymerized with methanal to give thermosetting resins.
2 (in full melamine resin) a plastic made from melamine and used esp. for laminated coatings.
1 a white crystalline compound that can be copolymerized with methanal to give thermosetting resins.
2 (in full melamine resin) a plastic made from melamine and used esp. for laminated coatings.
Etymology
melam (arbitrary) + AMINE
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