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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A complex molecule containing one or more macrocyclic ring components encircling a rodlike component that has end groups large enough to prevent the molecule from dissociating into its component parts.
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- noun chemistry any
complex of twomolecules , one of which has the form of aring , the other having the form of arod , passing through the ring, and having end-groups too large to pass through the ring
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Latin rota, wheel; see ret- in Indo-European roots + Latin axis, axle + –ane.]
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