chemical chain

1. 1.

   (chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)

   Synonymschain

   Broaderunit

   Narrowerclosed chainlong chainopen chain

   Part ofmolecule

   chemistry

Questions about chemical chain

What does chemical chain mean?

chemical chain means "(chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule)".

What is another word for chemical chain?

Close synonyms include chain. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chemical chain a common word?

chemical chain 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.