heterocyclic ring

1. 1.

   a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

   Synonymsheterocycle

   Broaderclosed chain

Questions about heterocyclic ring

What does heterocyclic ring mean?

heterocyclic ring means "a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon".

What is another word for heterocyclic ring?

Close synonyms include heterocycle. 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 heterocyclic ring a common word?

heterocyclic ring 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.