HyperDic: straight_chain

English > 1 sense of the expression straight chain:
NOUNobjectstraight chainan open chain of atoms with no side chains
English > straight chain: 1 sense > noun 1, object
MeaningAn open chain of atoms with no side chains.
Broaderopen chainA chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring

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