English Explanatory Dictionary

ladderane

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any of a class of polycyclic hydrocarbons, consisting of repeating cyclobutane moieties, that resemble ladders

Word forms

ladderane ladderanes

Etymology

From ladder + -ane, from the resemblance of its chemical structure to a ladder.

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