Meanings
mellon1
alternative melon · alternative mellone
- rareuncountablechemistryThe result of heptazine being polymerized with the tri-s-triazine units linked through an amine (NH) link.
It sublimes on heating and decomposes into mellon and NH₃.
1916, Victor von Richter, Organic chemistry, volume I, Chemistry of the Aliphatic Series, page 4731 more example
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.
1857, William Allen Miller, Elements of Chemistry: Part III, Organic Chemistry, page 603
Mellon2
- A surname.
Origin
Mellon · proper noun
* As a Northern Irish surname, from Ó Mealláin (“descendant of Meallán”), 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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