azine

American  

[az-een, -in, ey-zeen, ey-zin] / ˈæz in, -ɪn, ˈeɪ zin, ˈeɪ zɪn /

noun

Chemistry.

1. any of a group of six-membered heterocyclic compounds containing one or more nitrogen atoms in the ring, the number of nitrogen atoms present being indicated by a prefix, as in diazine or triazine.

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azine British  

/ ˈeɪziːn, -zɪn /

noun

1. any organic compound having a six-membered ring containing at least one nitrogen atom See also diazine triazine

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azine Scientific  

/ ăz′ēn′,ā′zēn′ /

1. Any of various organic compounds, such as pyridine or pyrimidine, that have a ring structure like that of benzene but with one or more carbon atoms replaced by a nitrogen atom. Azines are heterocyclic compounds.

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Etymology

Origin of azine

First recorded in 1885–90; az- + -ine ²

Example Sentences

Green.—Malachite green, emerald green, imperial green, China green, brilliant green, Victoria green, diamond green, methylene green, azine green.

From Project Gutenberg

The trouble with Urban Cowboy is that Bridges and Latham have not devised a dramatic structure faithful to the reality Latham reported with spare detachment in his article in Esquire mag azine.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the latest issue of the official mag azine China Reconstructs, Maritime Historian Fang Zhongpu purports to solve the puzzle.

From Time Magazine Archive

The story of stocky, red-haired Technical Sergeant Harold Azine, in civilian life a radio-program director, on Bougainville a combat correspondent: Into the Jungle.

From Time Magazine Archive

One night, early in the Empress Augusta Bay operation, Sergeant Azine's company slipped into the jungle to hold a "road-block," an outpost guarding the approach to the Marines' beachhead.

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