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Definition of Pyridine
1. Noun. A toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal.
Definition of Pyridine
1. n. A nitrogenous base, C5H5N, obtained from the distillation of bone oil or coal tar, and by the decomposition of certain alkaloids, as a colorless liquid with a peculiar pungent odor. It is the nucleus of a large number of organic substances, among which several vegetable alkaloids, as nicotine and certain of the ptomaïnes, may be mentioned. See Lutidine.
Definition of Pyridine
1. a flammable liquid [n -S] : PYRIDIC [adj]
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