Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various chemical compounds containing two amino groups, especially hydrazine.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The name of a class of chemical compounds formed by substituting one or more alcohol radicals for hydrogen in a double molecule made up of two ammonia molecules.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A compound containing two amido groups united with one or more basic or positive radicals, -- as contrasted with a
diamide .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any
compound containing twoamino functional groups .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any organic compound containing two amino groups
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Examples
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_Brucine_ is a tertiary diamine, that is, formed by substitution in a double ammonia molecule.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 415, December 15, 1883 Various
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At about 10: 00 am, under the direction of Dr. Kerry, Abubakar's arm was cleaned with alcohol, and EDTA (ethylene diamine tetraacetic acid), a chelate, was directly injected into the boy's bloodstream.
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In a plea agreement, Jakubec acknowledged making and storing explosives and weapons at his ranch-style home in Escondido, including nine detonators, 13 grenade hulls and large quantities of the highly unstable Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine, or HMDT, which can explode by someone stepping on it.
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In a plea agreement, Jakubec acknowledged making and storing explosives and weapons at his ranch-style home in Escondido, including nine detonators, 13 grenade hulls and large quantities of the highly unstable Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine, or HMDT, which can explode by someone stepping on it.
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EDTA stands for ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid, which is a synthetic amino acid that is delivered intravenously.
FDA cracks down on experimental autism therapy Rob Stein 2010
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So we're talking about basically two types of explosives, triacetone triperoxide, TATP, and HMTP, hexamethylene triperoxide diamine.
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Memory sticks found in Mr. Sarwar's home contained information about detonating improvised explosive devices on aircraft, while in woods nearby police found a partially buried suitcase containing materials necessary to manufacture hexamethylene triperoxide diamine, or HMTD, and several dozen liters of hydrogen peroxide.
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And what they're talking specifically about are TATP and HMTD, which is triacetone triperoxide and hexamethylene triperoxide diamine, OK?
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Hexamethylene diamine is “highly toxic and can cause serious injuries.”
How Safe and Green Are Your Crafting Supplies? (Part 2) 2008
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BARRY: This may be very difficult, because they're using HMTD, which is hexamethylene triperoxide diamine.
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