Usually means: Molecules connected in a loop.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word closed chain:

General (14 matching dictionaries)
  1. closed chain: Merriam-Webster
  2. closed chain: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. closed chain: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. closed chain: Collins English Dictionary
  5. closed-chain, closed chain: Vocabulary.com
  6. closed-chain, closed chain: Wordnik
  7. closed chain: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  8. closed chain: Infoplease Dictionary
  9. closed-chain, closed chain: Dictionary.com
  10. The Closed Chain: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. closed-chain, closed chain: Rhymezone
  12. closed-chain, closed chain: FreeDictionary.org
  13. closed-chain, closed chain: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. closed-chain, closed chain: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. closed chain: Legal dictionary
  2. closed chain: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. closed chain: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. closed-chain, closed chain: Medical dictionary

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. closed chain: PlanetMath Encyclopedia

(Note: See closed_chains as well.)

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noun:  (chemistry) a chain of atoms in a molecule that forms a closed loop


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