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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. An arrangement of atoms that does not form a ring, as in silicon compounds and various carbon compounds, such as aliphatic hydrocarbons.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. adj. (Chem.) See Closed chain, under Chain.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring

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  1. chain
  1. chemical chain

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  1. branched chain
  1. straight chain

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  1. straight chain
  2. branched chain
  3. receptor
  4. olefinic
  1. alicyclic
  2. alkene
  3. alkyne
  4. olefin
  1. alkane series
  2. side chain
  3. acyclic
  4. aliphatic
  1. paternoster
  2. open-chain
  3. shackle
  4. monosaccharide
  1. roller coaster
  2. fan-structure
  3. hanger
  4. gobbler
  1. pin-chain

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