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Meaning of 'aniline' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Aniline [ a.]
- Made from, or of the nature of, aniline.
2 . Aniline [ n.]
- An organic base belonging to the phenylamines. It may be regarded as ammonia in which one hydrogen atom has been replaced by the radical phenyl. It is a colorless, oily liquid, originally obtained from indigo by distillation, but now largely manufactured from coal tar or nitrobenzene as a base from which many brilliant dyes are made.

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