"catenation" meaning in English

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Noun

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 Categories (topical): Chemistry, Carbon, Chemical reactions, Polymer
    Sense id: en-catenation-en-noun-RdPOMsq8 Disambiguation of Carbon: 14 86 Disambiguation of Chemical reactions: 19 81 Disambiguation of Polymer: 17 83 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 35 65 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 66 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 33 67 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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