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half-chair

half-chair noun: an arrangement of atoms in a cyclohexane ring molecule similar to but less stable than the chair arrangement, differing from it by being flattened at one end.

Noun

half-chair (plural half-chairs)

  1. An arrangement of atoms in a cyclohexane ring molecule similar to but less stable than the chair arrangement, differing from it by being flattened at one end.

Forms of half-chair

pluralhalf-chairs

Questions about half-chair

What does half-chair mean?
Half-chair means an arrangement of atoms in a cyclohexane ring molecule similar to but less stable than the chair arrangement, differing from it by being flattened at one end.
What part of speech is half-chair?
Half-chair is a noun.
What is the plural of half-chair?
The plural of half-chair is half-chairs.

Words near half-chair in the dictionary

  1. half-castes
  2. half-cell
  3. half-cells
  4. half-centuries
  5. half-century
  6. half-chair
  7. half-chance
  8. half-chances
  9. half-clammed
  10. half-cock
  11. half-cocked

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