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