WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
closed′ chain′, [Chem.]
  1. Chemistrythree or more atoms linked together to form a ring or cycle and represented accordingly by its structural formula. Cf. open chain. 
  • 1900–05

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
closed chain
  1. another name for ring118
'closed chain' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
acyclic - cyclic - open chain - ring - ring compound

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