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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical formula that shows how the atoms and bonds in a molecule are arranged.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Chem.) a symbolic representation of the structure of one molecule of a chemical compound, showing the attachments of the atoms to each other, and representing their arrangement in space; the spatial representation is symbolic and approximate, and it may or may not depict the stereochemical relations of the bonds. Distinguished from empirical formula. See also Rational formula, under
formula .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry Any of various
diagrammatic representations of the structure of amolecule that shows how itsatoms are linked to each other, with what type ofbonds , and the presence of anycharges
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an expanded molecular formula showing the arrangement of atoms within the molecule
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