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Mellon

//ˈmɛlɒn// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    The result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link. rare, uncountable

    "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."

Etymology

Etymology 1

An arbitrary formation. Compare -one.

Etymology 2

* As a Northern Irish surname, from Ó Mealláin, 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.

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