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Heteroatom
Heteroatom
See also: heteroatom
German
Noun
Heteroatom n (genitive Heteroatoms, plural Heteroatome)
Declension
Declension of Heteroatom
singular | plural | ||||
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indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | das | Heteroatom | die | Heteroatome |
genitive | eines | des | Heteroatoms | der | Heteroatome |
dative | einem | dem | Heteroatom | den | Heteroatomen |
accusative | ein | das | Heteroatom | die | Heteroatome |
heteroatom
heteroatom
See also: Heteroatom
English
Noun
heteroatom (plural heteroatoms)
- (chemistry) Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.
Related terms
- heterocycle
- homoatom
Translations
non-carbon atom in a carbon structure
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See also
- heteroatom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia