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Webster 1913 Edition

Quinaldine

Quin-al′dine

,

Noun.

[

Quin

oline +

alde

hyde + anil

ine

.]

(Chem.)

A colorless liquid of a slightly pungent odor,

C9H6N.CH3

, first obtained as a condensation product of aldehyde and aniline, and regarded as a derivative of quinoline; – called also

methyl quinoline

.

[Written also

chinaldine

.]