ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Straight-chain

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Straight-chain is an adjective meaning (organic chemistry) Describing any aliphatic compound that contains a chain of carbon atoms all of which are connected to either one or two others.

Meaning

(organic chemistry) Describing any aliphatic compound that contains a chain of carbon atoms all of which are connected to either one or two others.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include branched-chain, aliphatic, open-chain, single-chain, short-chain, long-chain.

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