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Definition of Straight Chain in English :

Straight Chain

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Noun

1. straight chain

an open chain of atoms with no side chains

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Straight Chain

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noun

a.

an open chain of atoms in a molecule with no attached side chains

b.

(as modifier)

a straight-chain hydrocarbon

Compare branched chain

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Straight Chain

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Chemistry

a chain of atoms, usually carbon, without any branches

see also open chain

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Straight Chain

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n.

An organic molecular structure in the form of an unbranched open chain.

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