LONG-CHAIN MOLECULE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(chemistry) a relatively long chain of atoms in a molecule

Synonyms:

long-chain molecule; long chain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("long-chain molecule" is a kind of...):

chain; chemical chain ((chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule))

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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