"catenation" meaning in All languages combined

See catenation on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-catenation.wav Forms: catenations [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} catenation (countable and uncountable, plural catenations)
  1. The act or process of catenating. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-catenation-en-noun-J-dYH~La
  2. (chemistry) The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming covalent bonds with atoms of the same element. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-catenation-en-noun-RdPOMsq8 Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Carbon, Chemical reactions, Polymer Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 34 66 Disambiguation of Carbon: 1 99 Disambiguation of Chemical reactions: 18 82 Disambiguation of Polymer: 6 94 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decatenation, heterocatenation, intercatenation, precatenation Related terms: organic chemistry

Inflected forms

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