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Kekuléan

Kekuléan adjective: pertaining to the system of structural formulae devised by Kekulé, especially the structure of benzene molecules.

Adjective

Kekuléan (comparative more Kekuléan, superlative most Kekuléan)

  1. Pertaining to the system of structural formulae devised by Kekulé, especially the structure of benzene molecules.
    • A Kekuléan benzenoid system possesses Kekulé structures (K > 0).1992, Advances in the theory of benzenoid hydrocarbons II, Springer-Verlag, page 88
    • I stare carefully into the Kekuléan knot of the middle Dean's necktie.1996, David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest […], Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Little, Brown and Company, →ISBN, page 5

Forms of Kekuléan

comparativemore Kekuléan
superlativemost Kekuléan

Origin of Kekuléan

From Kekulé + -an.

Questions about Kekuléan

What does Kekuléan mean?
Kekuléan means pertaining to the system of structural formulae devised by Kekulé, especially the structure of benzene molecules.
What part of speech is Kekuléan?
Kekuléan is an adjective.

Words near Kekuléan in the dictionary

  1. kekuli
  2. Kekulé
  3. Kekulé formula
  4. Kekulé formulae
  5. Kekulé formulas
  6. Kekuléan
  7. kekuna
  8. kekune oil
  9. Kekuraalhuveli
  10. Kel
  11. KEL1

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