atrane

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noun

Any of a class of tricyclic cagelike heterocycles having a transannular dative bond between a nitrogen and another heteroatom

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Meanings

nounatrane (plural atranes)

plural atranes

  1. chemistryAny of a class of tricyclic cagelike heterocycles having a transannular dative bond between a nitrogen and another heteroatom

Origin

Modern coinage by Russian chemist Mikhail Grigorievich Voronkov c.1965.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

atrane. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrane

MLA

“atrane.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrane. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “atrane,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/atrane.

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