CLOSED CHAIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does closed chain mean? 

• CLOSED CHAIN (noun)
  The noun CLOSED CHAIN has 1 sense:

1. (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

  Familiarity information: CLOSED CHAIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLOSED CHAIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

closed chain; ring

Hypernyms ("closed chain" is a kind of...):

chain; chemical chain ((chemistry) a series of linked atoms (generally in an organic molecule))

Domain category:

chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "closed chain"):

heterocycle; heterocyclic ring (a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon)

Antonym:

open chain (a chain of atoms in a molecule whose ends are not joined to form a ring)