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LONG-CHAIN MOLECULE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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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