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closed chain

noun Chemistry.

three or more atoms linked together to form a ring or cycle and represented accordingly by its structural formula.

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Origin of closed chain

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby closed chain

close-cropped, closed, closed anesthesia, closed book, closed-captioned, closed chain, closed chain compound, closed chest massage, closed circuit, closed circuit method, closed-circuit television
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British Dictionary definitions for closed chain

closed chain

noun

chem another name for ring 1 (def. 18)
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Scientific definitions for closed chain

closed chain
[ klōsd ]

An arrangement of atoms of the same type that forms a ring. Benzene and naphthalene are closed-chain compounds.
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