spiran
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English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From German Spiran.[1] By surface analysis, spiro- + -an.[2]
Noun
[edit]spiran (plural spirans)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a class of bicyclic hydrocarbons in which a carbon atom has two single bonds in each of two rings; a form of spiro compound
Derived terms
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ “spirane, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
- ^ “spiran, n.”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Anagrams
[edit]Esperanto
[edit]Adjective
[edit]spiran
- accusative singular of spira
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Participle
[edit]spiran (Cyrillic spelling спиран)
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]spiran
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- English terms prefixed with spiro-
- English terms suffixed with -an
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- Esperanto non-lemma forms
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