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单词 straight-chain
释义

straight-chain

[ streyt-cheyn ]
/ ˈstreɪtˈtʃeɪn /

noun Chemistry.

an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
Also called straight chain .
Compare branched chain.

Origin of straight-chain

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby straight-chain

straight as an arrow, straightaway, straight-backed, straight bat, straight bill of lading, straight-chain, straight chair, straightedge, straighten, straighten out, straighten up
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British Dictionary definitions for straight-chain

straight chain

noun

  1. an open chain of atoms in a molecule with no attached side chains
  2. (as modifier)a straight-chain hydrocarbon
Compare branched chain
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for straight-chain

straight chain

An arrangement of atoms of the same type that forms an unbranched open chain. Propane is a straight-chain compound with a chain of three carbon atoms.
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