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Definition of Closed-chain
1. Adjective. Having atoms linked by bonds represented in circular or triangular form.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Closed-chain
Literary usage of Closed-chain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"On closed-chain Formulae. By JE MARSH, BA 9. On Van't Hoff's Hi/pothesis and tie
Constitution of Benzene. Ili/ JE MARSH, BA1 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7. ..."
2. Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical by Appleton, firm, publishers, New York (1880)
"In itself a closed chain does not postulate any definite absolute motion. ...
Moreover, an element of a new pair can be combined with a closed chain, ..."
3. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik Holleman (1910)
"The closed chain of such compounds is very readily opened, and the close relationship
of their methods of formation and properties with those of the open- ..."
4. Lecture-notes on Chemistry for Dental Students by Henry Carlton Smith (1917)
"closed-chain HYDROCARBONS. IN illustrating the simpler relationship of organic
compounds we have, as far as possible, carefully avoided reference to the ..."
5. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1902)
"Halogen derivatives from closed-chain hydrocarbons may be either substitution or
addition products, and the substitution or addition may either occur in the ..."
6. The Medical Student's Manual of Chemistry by Rudolph August Witthaus (1902)
"Some closed chain compounds are produced by the interaction of two open chain
... But the principal method of formation of closed chain compounds is by ..."