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OPEN-CHAIN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does open-chain mean?
• OPEN-CHAIN (adjective)
The adjective OPEN-CHAIN has 1 sense:
1. having an open chain structure
Familiarity information: OPEN-CHAIN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having an open chain structure
Synonyms:
acyclic; open-chain
Similar:
aliphatic (having carbon atoms linked in open chains)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
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