toluidine

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toluidine - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toluidine \To*lu"i*dine\, n. (Chem.)
     Any one of three metameric amido derivatives of toluene
     analogous to aniline, and called respectively
     orthtoluidine, metatoluidine, and paratoluidine;
     especially, the commonest one, or paratoluidine, which is
     obtained as a white crystalline substance.
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     Note: It is used in the aniline dye industry, and constitutes
           the essential nucleus or radical of those dyes.
           [1913 Webster] Toluol