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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) same as
closed-chain .
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- adjective having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form
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The closed-ring version of the compound is a better electron acceptor than the colorless open-ringed version, Branda notes.
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OAc) _ {4} justifies a closed-ring formula for the original viz. CO < [CHOH] _ {4} > CH_ {2}; and the preference for this formula depends upon the explanation it affords of the aggregation of the groups by way of
Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 C. F. Cross
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