heteroatom
See also: Heteroatom
English
Etymology
Noun
heteroatom (plural heteroatoms)
- (chemistry) Any atom which is not carbon or hydrogen.
- (chemistry) Any atom in a heterocyclic ring (or other structure normally built of carbon atoms) that is not a carbon atom.
Related terms
Translations
non-carbon atom in a carbon structure
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See also
- heteroatom on Wikipedia.Wikipedia