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A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.

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  1. n. A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.
  2. n. a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins
  3. A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from several cyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, -- formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam. Called also cyanuramide.
  4. A strong nitrogenous base, C3H6N6, produced from severalcyanogen compounds, and obtained as a white crystalline substance, --formerly supposed to be produced by the decomposition of melam.Called also cyanuramide.
  5. n:100 n. a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making melamine resins