straight chain love

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An organic molecular structure in the form of an unbranched open chain.

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  • noun chemistry A structural element of a molecule consisting of an unbranched sequence of atoms or simple groups, especially such a sequence of methylene groups in a aliphatic compound

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  • noun an open chain of atoms with no side chains

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