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wedges-and-dashes

wedges-and-dashes is the plural of wedge-and-dash.

Meaning of wedge-and-dash

Noun

wedge-and-dash (uncountable)

  1. A method of representing the three-dimensional structure of a molecule in which simple lines represent bonds in the plane of the image, wedge-shaped lines represent bonds towards the viewer, and dashed lines represent bonds away from the viewer.

Questions about wedges-and-dashes

What is wedges-and-dashes the plural of?
Wedges-and-dashes is the plural of wedge-and-dash.

Words near wedges-and-dashes in the dictionary

  1. wedger
  2. wedgers
  3. wedges
  4. wedges of circles
  5. wedges up
  6. wedges-and-dashes
  7. wedgetail
  8. wedgetails
  9. wedgewire
  10. wedgewires
  11. wedgewise

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