English[edit]
rotaxane (plural rotaxanes)
- (physical chemistry) 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.
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Translations[edit]
molecular complex shaped like a dumbbell threaded through a ring
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 轮烷 (lún wán)
- French: please add this translation if you can
- German: Rotaxan n
- Greek: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: rotaxano m
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