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pseudopericyclic

pseudopericyclic adjective: describing a transformation within a cyclic array of atoms in which bonding and nonbonding orbitals exchange roles.

Adjective

pseudopericyclic (not comparable)

  1. Describing a transformation within a cyclic array of atoms in which bonding and nonbonding orbitals exchange roles

Origin of pseudopericyclic

From pseudo- + pericyclic.

Questions about pseudopericyclic

What does pseudopericyclic mean?
Pseudopericyclic means describing a transformation within a cyclic array of atoms in which bonding and nonbonding orbitals exchange roles.
What part of speech is pseudopericyclic?
Pseudopericyclic is an adjective.

Words near pseudopericyclic in the dictionary

  1. pseudoperfect
  2. pseudoperfect number
  3. pseudoperfect numbers
  4. pseudoperianth
  5. pseudoperianths
  6. pseudopericyclic
  7. pseudoperidia
  8. pseudoperidial
  9. pseudoperidium
  10. pseudoperiod
  11. pseudoperiodic

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