"straight chain" meaning in All languages combined

See straight chain on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: straight chains [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} straight chain (plural straight chains)
  1. (chemistry) A structural element of a molecule consisting of an unbranched sequence of atoms or simple groups, especially such a sequence of methylene groups in a aliphatic compound

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