addition reaction

1. 1.

   a chemical reaction in which one molecule is added to another

   Broaderchemical reaction

Questions about addition reaction

What does addition reaction mean?

addition reaction means "a chemical reaction in which one molecule is added to another".

Is addition reaction a common word?

addition reaction is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.