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bicyclo

bicyclo noun: a structure having two rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom).

Noun

bicyclo (uncountable)

  1. (in-compounds) A structure having two rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom)

Origin of bicyclo

From bi- + cyclo-.

Words formed from bicyclo

Questions about bicyclo

What does bicyclo mean?
Bicyclo means a structure having two rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom).
What part of speech is bicyclo?
Bicyclo is a noun.

Words near bicyclo in the dictionary

  1. bicyclisation
  2. bicyclisations
  3. bicyclism
  4. bicyclist
  5. bicyclists
  6. bicyclo
  7. bicyclobutane
  8. bicyclobutanes
  9. bicyclogermacrene
  10. bicycloheptadiene
  11. bicycloheptadienes

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