Rotaxane

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A complex of two molecules, one ring-shaped and the other dumbbell-shaped, with the dumbbell threaded through the ring and having end groups too large to pass through the ring. physical

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