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a. (context organic chemistry of an aliphatic compound English) Having a chain of more that about twelve carbon atoms.
Usage examples of "long-chain".
The only way discovered by the Cardassians to protect against further deterioration of their pulmonary and nervous systems-the dying of the cones in O'Brien's eyes was only the most "visible" sign of a deteriorating brainmwas to grind up the Praying Lizards, as the chief dubbed them, and extract a long-chain biopolymer that scrubbed the system of cyanogens, at least in the concentrations produced by breathing.
The only way discov ered by the Cardassians to protect against further deterioration of their pulmonary and nervous sys tems-the dying of the cones in O'Brien's eyes was only the most "visible" sign of a deteriorating brainmwas to grind up the Praying Lizards, as the chief dubbed them, and extract a long-chain bio polymer that scrubbed the system of cyanogens, at least in the concentrations produced by breathing.
He put the seal of pure oil on the vessel containing half a log, two riv-ee-eas, of long-chain hydrocarbon oil from a place that did not even exist yet in the world, oil from a time unborn, from the future.
Or perhaps there is a biochemistry based on silicones, long-chain molecules based on silicon-oxygen pairs .
Or perhaps there is a biochemistry based on silicones, long-chain molecules based on silicon-oxygen pairs.