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addition reaction

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noun

Chemistry.

a reaction in which part of a compound is added to one end of a double or triple bond, while the rest adds to the other end, converting it, respectively, to a single or double bond.

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Indeed, all that I can pretend to aim at in this paper is to endeavour to give some additional definition and extension to the conception of its geological aspect.

From The Story of Atlantis and the Lost Lemuria by Scott-Elliot, W.

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