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carbazole definition

car·ba·zole (kär′bə zōl′)

noun

a white, crystalline substance, (CH)NH, occurring in crude anthracene: it is used in the manufacture of dyes, explosives, insecticides, etc.

Etymology: carb- + az- + -ole

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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