FIVE-MEMBERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does five-membered mean? 

• FIVE-MEMBERED (adjective)
  The adjective FIVE-MEMBERED has 1 sense:

1. of a chemical compound having a ring with five members

  Familiarity information: FIVE-MEMBERED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FIVE-MEMBERED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of a chemical compound having a ring with five members

Synonyms:

5-membered; five-membered

Similar:

membered (having members; normally used in chemistry in combination with a number)

 Context examples 

Any compound that contains the basic indole structure, an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing pyrrole ring.

(Indole Compound, NCI Thesaurus)