English Dictionary: quinone | by the DICT Development Group |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quiname \Qui"name\, a. [L. quini five each.] (Bot.) Growing in sets of five; -- said especially of leaves composed of five leaflets set at the end of a common petiole. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quinine \Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. {Kinic}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. {Cinchona Calisaya}) as a bitter white crystalline substance, {C20H24N2O2}. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also {quinia}, {quinina}, etc. [Written also {chinine}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quinine \Qui"nine\, n. [F. (cf. Sp. quinina), fr. Sp. quina, or quinaquina, Peruvian bark, fr. Peruv. kina, quina, bark. Cf. {Kinic}.] (Chem.) An alkaloid extracted from the bark of several species of cinchona (esp. {Cinchona Calisaya}) as a bitter white crystalline substance, {C20H24N2O2}. Hence, by extension (Med.), any of the salts of this alkaloid, as the acetate, chloride, sulphate, etc., employed as a febrifuge or antiperiodic. Called also {quinia}, {quinina}, etc. [Written also {chinine}.] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Quinone \Qui"none\, n. [Quinine + ketone.] (Chem.) A crystalline substance, {C6H4O2} (called also {benzoketone}), first obtained by the oxidation of quinic acid and regarded as a double ketone; also, by extension, any one of the series of which quinone proper is the type. [Written also {chinone}, {kinone}.] | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Queen Anne, MD (town, FIPS 64500) Location: 38.91887 N, 75.95404 W Population (1990): 250 (107 housing units) Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 21657 | |
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: | |
Quenemo, KS (city, FIPS 58100) Location: 38.58040 N, 95.52630 W Population (1990): 369 (178 housing units) Area: 1.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 66528 |