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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
cyanuramide
    n 1: a white crystalline organic base; used mainly in making
         melamine resins [syn: melamine, cyanuramide]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
melamine \mel"a*mine\ (m[e^]l"[.a]*m[=e]n) n. (Chem.)
   A nitrogenous strongly basic chemical substance (C3H6N6),
   structurally 2,4,6-triamino-1,3,5-triazine, 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. It is
   used as one of the starting components (together with
   formaldehyde) in the preparation of melamine resins,
   including the commercially marketed Formica (TM). It is
   solid at room temperature, and sublimes at temperatures
   approaching 250[deg] C, decomposing at 345[deg] C. Density
   1.573. --HCP61
   [1913 Webster + PJC] melamine resin

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