triphenylamine

noun

tri·​phenyl·​amine

(¦)trī¦fenᵊl,

-fēn-+

: a crystalline tertiary amine (C₆H₅)₃N that is practically neutral and that is made from diphenylamine, iodobenzene, and copper powder and in other ways

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary triphenyl- + amine

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