Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A yellowish-white, granular, pulverulent compound, C4H3-O5N3.C4H3O4N3.4H2O, prepared by mixing solutions of nitroso- and nitrobarbituric acid. It decomposes at 120° C. Also called
nitro-sonitrobarbituric acid .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Chem.) A complex nitrogenous substance, produced as a yellow crystalline substance, and regarded as a complex derivative of barbituric acid.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry, archaic A
complex nitrogenous substance derived frombarbituric acid .
Etymologies
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See violuric.
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Chick got his first glimpse here of what lay outside -- an iridescent landscape, at first view astonishingly like an ocean of opals; for it was of many hues, red and purple and milky white, splashed violantin blue and fluorescence -- a maze and shimmer of dancing, joyful colours, whirring in an uncertainty of polychromatic harmony.
The Blind Spot Austin Hall 1908
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