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chemical structure

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.38 in modern English

Syllables
chem-i-cal struc-ture
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The arrangement of chemical bonds between atoms in a molecule (or in an ion or radical with multiple atoms), specifically which atoms are chemically bonded to what other atoms with what kind of chemical bond, together with any information on the geometric shape of the molecule needed to uniquely identify the type of molecule.

noun

A graphical representation of such an arrangement.

Inflected Forms

chemical structures (plural)

Questions

What does chemical structure mean?
The arrangement of chemical bonds between atoms in a molecule (or in an ion or radical with multiple atoms), specifically which atoms are chemically bonded to what other atoms with what kind of chemical bond, together with any information on the geometric shape of the molecule needed to uniquely identify the type of molecule.

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