English Explanatory Dictionary

cycloparaphenylene

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a group of cyclic hydrocarbons, that are polymers of p-phenylene, that constitute the shortest possible segment of a carbon nanotube

Word forms

cycloparaphenylene cycloparaphenylenes

Etymology

From cyclo- + para- + phenylene.

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