imidazole
noun
im·id·az·ole
ˌi-mə-ˈda-ˌzōl 
: a white crystalline heterocyclic base C3H4N2 that is an antimetabolite related to histidine
broadly
: any of various derivatives of this
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The team learned that the ionic solution of seawater allows the alloy to be collected and reused, and that adding imidazole, a compound in caffeine, speeds up the process from two hours to five minutes.
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Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024
On closer inspection, the key was identified as imidazole, a compound in the caffeine.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 25 July 2024
And the company has teamed up with industrial giant 3M to produce swaths of their imidazole membranes in a reel-to-reel process.
—Robert Service, Science | AAAS, 1 Sep. 2017
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Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Sep. 2024
On closer inspection, the key was identified as imidazole, a compound in the caffeine.
—Michael Irving, New Atlas, 25 July 2024
And the company has teamed up with industrial giant 3M to produce swaths of their imidazole membranes in a reel-to-reel process.
—Robert Service, Science | AAAS, 1 Sep. 2017
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imidazole
noun
im·id·az·ole
ˌim-ə-ˈdaz-ˌōl
1
: a white crystalline heterocyclic base C3H4N2 that is an antimetabolite related to histidine
2
: any of a large class of derivatives of imidazole including histidine and histamine
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