Definition of "amines" []

• Plural form of amine. (noun)

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• "The Wolverine Power project would test organic compounds known as amines, which separate carbon dioxide from other gases given off when coal is burned."
• "These include the nitrogen-containing molecules called amines, which tend to smell of ammonia, rotting meat and corpses: "very stinky", says Rosenberg."
• "When it was realized a few years later that others in the class were not "amines," but a word was still needed, it was shortened to "vitamin.""