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pseudoaxial

pseudoaxial adjective: describing bonds, in a ring system that does not have a true axis, that are approximately parallel to it (i.e. approximately at right-angles to the ring).

Adjective

pseudoaxial (not comparable)

  1. Describing bonds, in a ring system that does not have a true axis, that are approximately parallel to it (i.e. approximately at right-angles to the ring)

Forms of pseudoaxial

alternative formpseudo-axial

Origin of pseudoaxial

From pseudo- + axial.

Questions about pseudoaxial

What does pseudoaxial mean?
Pseudoaxial means describing bonds, in a ring system that does not have a true axis, that are approximately parallel to it (i.e. approximately at right-angles to the ring).
What part of speech is pseudoaxial?
Pseudoaxial is an adjective.

Words near pseudoaxial in the dictionary

  1. pseudoautochiria
  2. pseudoautomatic
  3. pseudoautosomal
  4. pseudoautosomic
  5. pseudoaxes
  6. pseudoaxial
  7. pseudoaxis
  8. pseudoazimuthal
  9. pseudoazurin
  10. pseudoazurins
  11. pseudobacteremia

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