Amine

Definition: Amine

Amine

Noun

1. A compound derived from ammonia by replacing hydrogen atoms by univalent hydrocarbon radicals.

Note: Amine \Am"ine\, noun. [Ammonia -ine.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Amine

Domain	Definitions
Health	An organic compound containing nitrogen; any member of a group of chemical compounds formed from ammonia by replacement of one or more of the hydrogen atoms by organic (hydrocarbon) radicals. The amines are distinguished as primary, secondary, and tertiary, according to whether one, two, or three hydrogen atoms are replaced. The amines include allylamine, amylamine, ethylamine, methylamine, phenylamine, propylamine, and many other compounds. (references)
Literature	Amine (3 syl.) Wife of Sidi Nouman, who ate her rice with a bodkin, and was in fact a ghoul. "She was so hard-hearted that she led about her three sisters like a leash of greyhounds." - Arabian Nights. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Amine

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

Ammonia

Amines are structures resembling ammonia, where one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced by alkyl groups:

Primary Amine:
Secondary Amine:
Tertiary Amine:

Naming:

Lower amines are named with the suffix -amine.

Methylamine Higher have the prefix amino as a functional group.

2-amino-pentane

Properties:

Like ammonia, amines have basic properties, and they react with halogenoalkanes to form longer chains, with the release of a halogen acid. Amines react with carboxylic acids (or similar derivatives such as acyl chlorides) to form amides. The volatile amines have strong unpleasant smells.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Amine."

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Synonym: Amine

Synonym: aminoalkane (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Amine

English words defined with "amine": aminobenzine, aniline, aniline oil ♦ enamine ♦ histamine ♦ Methyl amine, Methylamine, methylene blue, Monamine, monoamine ♦ phenylamine, Primary amine ♦ re-uptake ♦ Substituted ♦ Triamine, Triethylamine ♦ Zinc amine. (references)

Specialty definitions using "amine": 2-Hydroxyphenethylamine ♦ acetic acid amine, actetic acid amine, Amination, Amine Oxidoreductases, amine resin, amine value ♦ Biogenic Amine Neurotransmitters, Biogenic Monoamines, Biogenic Polyamines ♦ castor amine, cationic collector, check surve, Cyclohexylamines ♦ drop log ♦ Endocrine Cells of Gut ♦ fatty acid amine hydrolase ♦ guss ♦ Mannich Bases ♦ Octopamine ♦ Puromycin Aminonucleoside ♦ Receptors, Biogenic Amine ♦ screaming joint, shaft house, site investigation ♦ tool nipper ♦ winding engineman. (references)

Etymologies containing "amine": Aminol ♦ Butylamine ♦ Diamine ♦ Ethylamine ♦ Hydramine, Hydroxylamine ♦ Monamine ♦ Phenylamine, Phloramine ♦ Sulphinide ♦ Triamide, Triamine, Trimethylamine. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Amine" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Dutch (amine), French (amine).

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Commercial Usage: Amine

Domain	Title
Books	Amine extraction (reference) Amine Oxidases (reference) Amine oxidases and methods for their study (reference) Beitrag zur Ursachenforschung exogen bedingter Blasencarcinome : Profilanalyse aromatischer Amine am Arbeitsplatz (reference) Biogene Amine in Lebensmitteln : Vorkommen, Bedeutung und Bestimmung (reference) (more book examples)
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Non-Fiction Usage: Amine

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		A depressor amine derived by enzymatic decarboxylation of histidine. (references)
Business		Propionic acid from aliphatic acid is also imported as well as varieties of fatty amines, such as isopropyl amine, diisopropylamine, and ethylenediamine. (references)
Children	Morocco	On October 31, Member of Parliament and President of the Moroccan Association of SOS Children's Villages, Amine Demnati, announced that construction had begun south of Casablanca for a center for persons with disabilities adjacent to the Children's Village. (references)
Civil Liberties	Morocco	On April 10, the Moroccan International Weekly published an interview with Abdelhamid Amine, the newly elected president of the AMDH. (references)
	Morocco	Amine claimed that the Government had taken no action regarding the AMDH list of 14 persons publicly accused of torture in October 2000, but had instead prosecuted the authors of the list. (references)
Human Rights	Lebanon	Former President Amine Gemayel, who lived in France in exile for the past 12 years, returned to the country in July 2000 and again became active in political life. (references)
	Guinea-Bissau	Those detained included PAIGC president Francisco Benante, Fernando Gomes, Fernando Mendoca, and several members of the Union for Change opposition party, including Amine Saad (the former Procurator General), Manuel Rambout Barcelos, Caramba Ture (a member of the National Assembly), and Agnello Regala (director of Bombolon Radio). (references)
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Usage Frequency: Amine

"Amine" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Amine" is used about 19 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	19	80,337

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Expressions: Amine

Expressions using "amine": Amine Oxidase (Copper-Containing) ♦ Amine Oxidoreductases ♦ amine resin ♦ amine value ♦ Biogenic Amine Neurotransmitters ♦ fatty acid amine hydrolase ♦ methyl amine ♦ primary amine ♦ zinc amine. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "amine": benzequinone-amine, di-amine.
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Amine

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
amine free	202	amine sympathomimetic	4
amine	132	amine primary	4
amine porn	14	amine scrubbers	3
amine data safety	11	adult amine	3
amine hentai	9	amine free nude video	3
amine sex	8	aldehyde amine reaction	3
amine cartoon	6	24d amine	3
amine nude	6	400 amine	3
amine wallpaper	5	amine regeneration	3
amine picture	5	amine biogenic	3
amine simulation	5	amine chart pressure vapor	3
amine pic	5	amine dictory free	3
2,4 amine d	5	amine nz	2
amine technology	5	amine fatty	2
amine ketone phenol	5	amine formalin phenol	2
amine xxx	4	amine formaldehyde phenol	2
2 4 amine d	4	amine formalin ketone	2
amine gallery	4	amine babe	2
amine free porn	4	amine digital hentai	2
amine borate	4	amine draw	2
		amine japanese	2
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Modern Translations: Amine

Language		Translations for "amine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Arabic		‏الأمين مركب كيميائي. (various references)

Chinese		胺物, 胺 . (various references)

Danish		amin (amines). (various references)

Dutch		amine (amines). (various references)

Finnish		amiiniluku (amine value), amiinihartsi (amine resin), polyvinyyliamiini (polyvinyl amine), pesu amiiniliuoksella (amine washing), biogeeninen amiini (biogenic amine). (various references)

French		amine. (various references)

German		Amin. (various references)

Greek		αμίνη. (various references)

Italian		ammina, amina. (various references)

Korean		아민. (various references)

Pig Latin		amineay

Portuguese		amina (amines). (various references)

Spanish		amina. (various references)

Swedish		amin. (various references)

Turkish		amin (amen). (various references)

Ukranian		амін. (various references)
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Derivations & Misspellings: Amine

Derivations
	Words beginning with "amine": amines. (additional references)
	Words ending with "amine": amphetamine, antihistamine, arsphenamine, calamine, catecholamine, chloramine, cholestyramine, cyanocobalamine, cyclohexylamine, cysteamine, desipramine, dextroamphetamine, diamine, dihydroergotamine, dimethylnitrosamine, dimethyltryptamine, diphenhydramine, diphenylamine, dopamine, enamine, ergotamine, etamine, ethanolamine, examine, famine, galactosamine, gallamine, gamine, glucosamine, glutamine, hexamethylenetetramine, hexamine, histamine, hydroxylamine, hydroxytryptamine, hyoscyamine, imipramine, indamine, jessamine, mecamylamine, melamine, methamphetamine, methenamine, methylamine, monoamine, naphthylamine, nitrosamine, penicillamine, phentolamine, phenylethylamine, phenylpropanolamine. (additional references)
	Words containing "amine": amphetamines, antihistamines, arsphenamines, calamined, calamines, catecholaminergic, catecholamines, chloramines, cholestyramines, creaminess, creaminesses, cyanocobalamines, cyclohexylamines, cysteamines, desipramines, dextroamphetamines, diamines, dihydroergotamines, dimethylnitrosamines, dimethyltryptamines, diphenhydramines, diphenylamines, dopaminergic, dopamines, dreaminess, dreaminesses, enamines, ergotamines, estaminet, estaminets, etamines, ethanolamines, ethylenediaminetetraacetate, ethylenediaminetetraacetates, examined, examinee, examinees, examiner, examiners, examines, famines, flamines, foaminess, foaminesses, galactosamines, gallamines, gamines, gaminess, gaminesses, gewurztraminer, gewurztraminers. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Amine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: abigne, abine, abinee, acine, Acmin, Adine, afien, Afina, afine, agine, ahine, aine, ainel, aisne, ajin, Ajina, ajine, Ajmone, akine, Akmene, alminio, amae, amain, amani, amante, ambiani, amee, Ameen, amena, amibe, amie, Amiee, Amien, amin, amina, Aminah, amini, amins, amint, amire, amise, amne, amnea, amneo, Amney, Amni, amnia, amoine, amonet, amoni, amun, Amunet, anane, Ananev, Aniane, anine, anmie, annee, annie, anyne, apine, arine, asine, atine, avine, awine, axien, axine, aymante, azine, Azione, banine, emie, emin, Emina, emince, emine, Imin, imine, Inimex, Kamien, Kamina, kaminer, Mainie, mamina, mawine, mayne, Nanine, omine, o'mine, samine, tamina, umane, xamine, Yanine. (additional references)
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Rhyming with "Amine"

Words rhyming with "amine" (pronounced 'Am"ine'): Apocodeine, Brabantine, Bronzine, Butylamine, Buxine, Cacaine, Caffeine, Carbamine, Codeine, Cross-examine, Cystine, Diamine, Diethylamine, Erythrophleine, Ethine, Ethylamine, Examine, Famine, Hexine, Hydramine, Hydroxylamine, Lophine, Lydine, melamine, Methylamine, Monamine, Mytilotoxine, Myxine, Naphthylamine, Nardine, narine, nervine, Parkesine, Peptotoxine, Phenylamine, Phloramine, Phycophaeine, Preexamine, Quinoidine, reexamine, Rudolphine, serine, Sinamine, Stibine, Suine, Sylphine, Synallaxine, Taxine, Thebaine, Triamine. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Amine

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: anime, minae.
	Words within the letters "a-e-i-m-n"
	-1 letter: amen, amie, amin, main, mane, mean, mien, mina, mine, name, nema.
	-2 letters: aim, ain, ami, ane, ani, mae, man, men, nae, nam, nim.
	-3 letters: ae, ai, am, an, em, en, in, ma, me, mi, na, ne.
	Words containing the letters "a-e-i-m-n"
	+1 letter: aidmen, airmen, amines, ammine, anemia, anemic, animes, anomie, cinema, daimen, enigma, etamin, famine, gamine, haemin, iceman, immane, inmate, inseam, kinema, maiden, maline, marine, meanie, median, medina, menial, mesian, remain, semina, tamein.
	+2 letters: ailment, aliment, alumine, ambient, amenity, amentia, amidine, amidone, ammines, amnesia, amnesic, amniote, anaemia, anaemic, anemias, animate, anomies, anytime, beaming, carmine, cinemas, diamine, enamine, encomia, enigmas, etamine, etamins, examine, famines, fireman, gamines, geminal, germina, haemins, harmine, hematin, hymenia, imagine, impanel, inarmed, inflame, inmates, inseams, intimae, jasmine, kinemas, laminae, lineman, machine, maidens, mailmen, malines, mangier, manille, maniple, manlier, manlike, mannite, manwise, mariner, marines, marline, matinee, meanies, meaning, medians, mediant, medinas, melanic, melanin, menials, minable, minaret, mineral, mintage, misname, moraine, nematic, pembina, pemican, pikeman, raiment, ramekin, reaming, remains, romaine, samisen, seaming, seminal, seminar, sideman, tameins, taximen, teaming, tegmina, unaimed, vermian, wireman.
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