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long-chain

[lawng-cheyn, long-]
adjective Chemistry.
  1. pertaining to molecules composed of long chains of atoms, or polymers composed of long chains of monomers.
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Origin of long-chain

First recorded in 1925–30
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  • And the woman in the blue smock, beside him, worked in organic chemistry; see the diagrams of long-chain molecules behind her.

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    H. Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for long-chain

long-chain

adjective
  1. chem having a relatively long chain of atoms in the molecule
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