1. (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop
   - ring

1. Having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form
   - closed-ring

Derived forms: closed chains

See also: cyclic

Type of: chain, chemical chain

Antonym: open chain

Encyclopedia: Closed-chain

• collide
• collide with
• collider
• collie
• collier
• colliery
• colligate
• colligation
• collimate
• collimation
• collimator
• collinear
• collins
• Collinsia
• Collinsia bicolor
• Collinsia heterophylla
• Collinsia parviflora
• Collinsia verna
• Collinsonia
• Collinsonia canadensis
• Collis Potter Huntington
• collision
• collision course
• Collocalia
• Collocalia inexpectata