Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A complex organic molecule containing two or more macrocyclic ring structures intertwined like links of a chain.
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- noun organic chemistry Any compound, especially a
hydrocarbon , having two or morerings interconnected like the links of achain , without acovalent bond .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin catēna, chain + –ane.]
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