mellon

• melon
• mellone

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• IPA^(key): /ˈmɛlɒn/

mellon (uncountable)

1. (rare, chemistry) A poorly characterized cyclic cyanide; [(CN)₂NH]₃, C₆N₄ or similar.
   • 1857, William Allen Miller, Elements of Chemistry: Part III, Organic Chemistry‎^[1], page 603:

     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.

   • 1916, Victor von Richter, Organic chemistry‎^[2], volume I, Chemistry of the Aliphatic Series, page 473:

     It sublimes on heating and decomposes into mellon and NH₃.

• Monell

mellon

1. genitive singular of melto