spiran

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a class of bicyclic hydrocarbons in which a carbon atom has two single bonds in each of two rings; a form of spiro compound

Word forms

spiran spirans spirane

Etymology

From German Spiran. By surface analysis, spiro- + -an.

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