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mellon

/ˈmɛlɒn/

mellon noun: the result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.

Noun

mellon (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
    • Mellon (C₁₈N₁₃; Liebig).— This anomalous compound was originally supposed by Liebig to contain C₆N₄, but he has recently repeated and varied his experiments upon it, and has altered its formula as above.1857, William Allen Miller, Elements of Chemistry: Part III, Organic Chemistry, page 603
    • It sublimes on heating and decomposes into mellon and NH₃.1916, Victor von Richter, Organic chemistry, volume I, Chemistry of the Aliphatic Series, page 473

Proper noun capitalized: Mellon

Mellon

  1. A surname.

mellon meaning in Telugu and Malayalam

mellon in Telugu

మెల్లోన్, మెల్లాన్

mellon in Malayalam

മെല്ലോൺ

Forms of mellon

alternative formmelon
alternative formmellone

Origin of mellon

An arbitrary formation. Compare -one.

* As a Northern Irish surname, from Ó Mealláin (“descendant of Meallán”), a name formed from a diminutive of meall (“pleasant”). * As an English surname, of Norman origin, from Meulan in Seine-et-Oise. * As a Dutch surname, named after a place name Millun bij Keulen.

Words formed from mellon

Questions about mellon

What does mellon mean?
Mellon means the result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
What is mellon in Telugu?
Mellon in Telugu is మెల్లోన్, మెల్లాన్. See Mellon meaning in Telugu.
What part of speech is mellon?
Mellon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce mellon?
Mellon is pronounced /ˈmɛlɒn/.

Words near mellon in the dictionary

  1. mellitin
  2. mellitophilous
  3. mellitoxin
  4. mellivorous
  5. mello
  6. mellon
  7. Mellona
  8. mellone
  9. Mellong
  10. mellonide
  11. mellonides

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mellon (page history and authors); Mellon (page history and authors); mellon (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); mellon (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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