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chlorin

chlorin noun: a large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages. Also the obsolete spelling of chlorine.

Noun

chlorin (countable and uncountable, plural chlorins)

  1. A large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages.

Also used as

chlorin is also the obsolete spelling of chlorine.

Forms of chlorin

pluralchlorins

Words formed from chlorin

Questions about chlorin

What does chlorin mean?
Chlorin means a large heterocyclic aromatic ring consisting, at the core, of three pyrroles and one pyrroline coupled through four methine linkages.
What part of speech is chlorin?
Chlorin is a noun.
What is the plural of chlorin?
The plural of chlorin is chlorins.

Words near chlorin in the dictionary

  1. chlorimetrical
  2. chlorimetry
  3. chlorimide
  4. chlorimides
  5. chlorimuron
  6. chlorin
  7. chlorinase
  8. chlorinases
  9. chlorinate
  10. chlorinated
  11. chlorinated lime

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