strainless
adjective
strain·less
1
: free from strain or straining tension
2
of a ring in a chemical compound : characterized by bond angles in the structure that are approximately the same as those in comparable acyclic compounds
strainless 5- and 6-membered rings in natural organic products
compare boat form, chair form; baeyer strain theory strainlessly adverb
Word History
Etymology
strain entry 3 + -less
- overstrikes
- overstriking
- overstring
- overstrode
- overstruck
- overstructure
- overstructured
- overstructuring
- overstrung
- overstudied
- overstudies
- overstudy
- overstudying
- overstuff
- overstuffed
- overstuffing
- overstuffs
- oversubscribe
- oversubscribed
- oversubscribes
- oversubscribing
- oversubscription
- oversubscriptions
- oversubtle
- oversubtlety