Definitions
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- noun organic chemistry A
compound made up from an odd number ofmethine groups bound together by alternating single and double bonds.
Etymologies
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poly- + methine
Examples
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The polymethine organic dye materials developed by the Georgia Tech team combine large nonlinear properties, low nonlinear optical losses, and low linear losses.
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