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tricyclo

tricyclo adjective: describing a molecular structure having three rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom).

Adjective

tricyclo (not comparable)

  1. (in-compounds) Describing a molecular structure having three rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom)

Origin of tricyclo

From tri- + cyclo-.

Words formed from tricyclo

Questions about tricyclo

What does tricyclo mean?
Tricyclo means describing a molecular structure having three rings (either fused, or having a common bridgehead atom).
What part of speech is tricyclo?
Tricyclo is an adjective.

Words near tricyclo in the dictionary

  1. tricyclic
  2. tricyclics
  3. tricycling
  4. tricyclist
  5. tricyclists
  6. tricyclo
  7. tricyclobutabenzene
  8. tricyclohexylammonium
  9. tricyclon
  10. tricyclooxyisohumulone
  11. tricyclooxyisohumulones

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