melanuric acid
English
Etymology
melam + urea
Noun
melanuric acid (uncountable)
- (chemistry) A complex nitrogenous acid obtained by decomposition of melam, or of urea, as a white crystalline powder.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for melanuric acid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)