closed chain

noun

, Chemistry.

1. three or more atoms linked together to form a ring or cycle and represented accordingly by its structural formula.

closed chain

noun

1. chem another name for ring 1

closed chain

/ klōsd /

1. An arrangement of atoms of the same type that forms a ring. Benzene and naphthalene are closed-chain compounds.

Word History and Origins

Origin of closed chain¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

The same experiment can be made without touching the table, but forming around it a kind of closed chain.

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