amidin

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noun

Starch modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

OriginFrench amidine ← Latin amylum →
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Meanings

nounamidin (countable and uncountable, plural amidins)

plural amidins

  1. archaiccountableuncountablechemistryStarch modified by heat so as to become a transparent mass, like horn. It is soluble in cold water.

Origin

  1. Latinamylum
  2. Frenchamidine
  3. Englishamidin

Borrowed from French amidine, from amido (“starch”), from Latin amylum.

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APA

amidin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amidin

MLA

“amidin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amidin. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “amidin,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/amidin.

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