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rotane

rotane noun: any of a class of hydrocarbons consisting of spiro-linked cyclopropane units only, but with a common [n]membered ring in the middle; they are named n-rotanes depending on the size of the inner ring.

Noun

rotane (plural rotanes)

  1. Any of a class of hydrocarbons consisting of spiro-linked cyclopropane units only, but with a common [n]membered ring in the middle; they are named n-rotanes depending on the size of the inner ring

Forms of rotane

pluralrotanes

Questions about rotane

What does rotane mean?
Rotane means any of a class of hydrocarbons consisting of spiro-linked cyclopropane units only, but with a common [n]membered ring in the middle; they are named n-rotanes depending on the size of the inner ring.
What part of speech is rotane?
Rotane is a noun.
What is the plural of rotane?
The plural of rotane is rotanes.

Words near rotane in the dictionary

  1. rotamerized
  2. rotamers
  3. rotameter
  4. rotameters
  5. rotan
  6. rotane
  7. rotanes
  8. Rotanev
  9. rotans
  10. rotaplane
  11. rotaplanes

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