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quinoxaline

[ kwi-nok-suh-leen, -lin ]

noun

, Chemistry.
  1. a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 8 H 6 N 2 , used chiefly in organic synthesis.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of quinoxaline1

1880–85; quin(ine) + (gly)oxal + -ine 2

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