pyridine : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pyridine	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for pyridine
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pyridine n a toxic colorless flammable liquid organic base with a disagreeable odor; usually derived from coal
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pyridine \Pyr"i*dine\, n. [From Gr. [?] fire.] (Physiol. Chem.) 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 ptoma[8b]nes, may be mentioned. See {Lutidine}.