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halicin

halicin noun: the heterocycle 5-[(5-nitro-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)sulfanyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amine.

Noun

halicin (uncountable)

  1. The heterocycle 5-[(5-nitro-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)sulfanyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amine

Origin of halicin

After HAL 9000, an artificial intelligence in the Space Odyssey series.

Questions about halicin

What does halicin mean?
Halicin means the heterocycle 5-[(5-nitro-1,3-thiazol-2-yl)sulfanyl]-1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-amine.
What part of speech is halicin?
Halicin is a noun.

Words near halicin in the dictionary

  1. halichondrids
  2. halichondriid
  3. halichondriids
  4. halichondrin
  5. halichondrins
  6. halicin
  7. haliclonadiamine
  8. halicore
  9. halicores
  10. halictid
  11. halictids

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