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    CHEMICAL CHAIN

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)play

    Synonyms:

    chain; chemical chain

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

    Hypernyms ("chemical chain" is a kind of...):

    building block; unit (a single undivided natural thing occurring in the composition of something else)

    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)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "chemical chain"):

    closed chain; ring ((chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop)

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

    open chain (a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring)

    Holonyms ("chemical chain" is a part of...):

    molecule ((physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound)

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