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ELIMINATION REACTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does elimination reaction mean?
• ELIMINATION REACTION (noun)
The noun ELIMINATION REACTION has 1 sense:
1. a chemical reaction in which a molecule decomposes to two different molecules
Familiarity information: ELIMINATION REACTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A chemical reaction in which a molecule decomposes to two different molecules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("elimination reaction" is a kind of...):
chemical reaction; reaction ((chemistry) a process in which one or more substances are changed into others)
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