elimination reaction

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   a chemical reaction in which a molecule decomposes to two different molecules

   Broaderchemical reaction

Questions about elimination reaction

What does elimination reaction mean?

elimination reaction means "a chemical reaction in which a molecule decomposes to two different molecules".

Is elimination reaction a common word?

elimination 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.