catenation
catenation noun: the act or process of catenating.
Noun
catenation (countable and uncountable, plural catenations)
- The act or process of catenating.
- The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming covalent bonds with atoms of the same element.
catenation meaning in Tamil and Bengali
catenation in Tamil
- சங்கிலியாக்கம், சங்கிலி இணைப்பு
catenation in Bengali
- কয়েকটি উপাদানের ক্ষমতা
Forms of catenation
| plural | catenations |
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Origin of catenation
From catenate + -ion.
Words formed from catenation
Questions about catenation
- What does catenation mean?
- Catenation means the act or process of catenating.
- What is catenation in Tamil?
- Catenation in Tamil is சங்கிலியாக்கம், சங்கிலி இணைப்பு. See Catenation meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is catenation?
- Catenation is a noun.
- What is the plural of catenation?
- The plural of catenation is catenations.
Words near catenation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: catenation (page history and authors); catenation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); catenation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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