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mellon¹

  • /ˈmɛlɒn/

Where it comes from

An arbitrary formation. Compare -one.

noun melon · mellone

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

Mellon²

Where it comes from

* 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.

proper noun

  1. A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: mello, carnegie, mellone, mellonide, mandelonitrile, monomethine, mellitate, cyanomethane, cyanomethyl, melissylene, dicyanomethylene, cyanometalate, mellic acid, methyl cyanide, melaniline, melissene

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"mellon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mellon. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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mellon. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mellon

Chicago

"mellon." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mellon.

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@misc{mellon_2026,
  title = {mellon},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mellon},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}