Closed-chain
noun, Chemistry.
1.
three or more atoms linked together to form a ring or cycle and represented accordingly by its structural formula.
noun
1.
(chem) another name for ring1 (sense 18)
closed chain
(klōsd)
An arrangement of atoms of the same type that forms a ring. Benzene and naphthalene are closed-chain compounds.
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