aniline dye

American  

noun

Chemistry.

1. any of a large number of synthetic dyes derived from aniline, usually obtained from coal tar.

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aniline dye British  

noun

1. any synthetic dye originally made from raw materials, such as aniline, obtained from coal tar

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Etymology

Origin of aniline dye

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

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aniline dye

Near-natural color could have been obtained by adding an aniline dye to the embalming fluid.

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Accidents happen: aniline dye falls into a 19th century German researcher's petri dish that contains a bacterial culture, revealing that it preferentially stains and kills certain bacteria.

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Forty members of the North Carolina squad, afflicted by "aniline dye poisoning" from wearing new uniforms before the painted numerals were dry, recovered just in time to tie North Carolina State, 7-to-7.

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He selects sound young trees, makes a pattern of holes in the trunks and roots, injects 75 to 100 gallons of a secret soluble aniline dye.

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This is always made of material and sometimes painted in aniline dye; if painted in water color or oil it would crack.

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