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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 more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Latin catēna, chain + –ane.]

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