English Explanatory Dictionary

cryptand

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms

Word forms

cryptand cryptands

Etymology

From crypt- + -and.

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