Definition of Diamide

1. n. Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, -- as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide, under Amide.

Definition of Diamide

1. Noun. (organic chemistry) Any compound having two amide groups ¹

2. Noun. (dated organic chemistry) hydrazine ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Diamide

1. a chemical compound [n -S]

Medical Definition of Diamide

1. Any compound containing two amido groups united with one or more acid or negative radicals, as distinguished from a diamine. Cf. Amido acid, under Amido, and Acid amide. Origin: Pref. Di- + amide. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Diamide

diameter obliqua
diameter transversa
diameters
diametral
diametrally
diametrals
diametre
diametric
diametrical
diametrical opposition
diametrically
diamfenetide
diamictite
diamictites
diamide (current term)
diamides
diamidide
diamidides
diamidine
diamidines
diamidino
diamido-
diamin
diamine
diamine aminotransferase
diamine oxidase
diamines
diamino
diamino oxyhydrase

Literary usage of Diamide

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"The resulting brown solution deposits the diamide on cooling, in red-brown scales having an almost metallic lustre, and the mother-liquor evaporated with ..."

2. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1896)
"A solution in concentrated sulphuric acid was heated to 200° without decomposition. Analysis showed it to be isomeric with the diamide of ..."

3. Technology Quarterly by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1896)
"A solution in concentrated sulphuric acid was heated to 200° without decomposition. Analysis showed it to be isomerie with the diamide of ..."

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