catenane
English
noun
Definitions
- (organic chemistry) Any compound, especially a hydrocarbon, having two or more rings interconnected like the links of a chain, without a covalent bond.
Etymology
Derived from Latin catena (a chain).
Origin
Latin
catena
Gloss
a chain
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- catena English
- hemicatenane English
- polycatenane English
- precatenane English
- pseudocatenane English
- catena Latin
- catenāria Latin
- catēna Latin
- *kat- Proto-Indo-European