triazine

noun

tri·​azine ˈtrī-ə-ˌzēn 

trī-ˈa-ˌzēn

: any of three compounds C₃H₃N₃ containing a ring composed of three carbon and three nitrogen atoms

also : any of various derivatives of these including several (such as atrazine and simazine) used as herbicides

Examples of triazine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

To get around this, researchers led by Zhengjin Yang, a chemist at the University of Science and Technology of China, manufactured a series of membranes from a polymer known as a triazine framework. —Byrobert F. Service, science.org, 26 Apr. 2023

Two Mitsubishi Gas Chemical factories in the affected area made almost the entire world's supply of an epoxy resin called bismaleimide triazine, or BT. —Erik Sherman, Fortune, 21 Feb. 2020

Word History

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First Known Use

1894, in the meaning defined above