Phenylamine

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Phenylamine \Phe`nyl*am"ine\, n. [Phenyl + amine.] (Chem.)
     Any one of certain class of organic bases regarded as formed
     from ammonia by the substitution of phenyl for hydrogen.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  phenylamine
       n : oily poisonous liquid amine obtained from nitrobenzene and
           used to make dyes and plastics and medicines [syn: {aniline},
            {aniline oil}, {aminobenzine}]