rotaxane

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noun

A complex of two molecules, one ring-shaped and the other dumbbell-shaped, with the dumbbell threaded through the ring and having end groups too large to pass through the ring.

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Meanings

nounrotaxane (plural rotaxanes)

plural rotaxanes

  1. physicalchemistryA complex of two molecules, one ring-shaped and the other dumbbell-shaped, with the dumbbell threaded through the ring and having end groups too large to pass through the ring.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 轮烷
  • 轮烷 (lún wán)molecular complex shaped like a dumbbell threaded through a ring
French rotaxane
  • rotaxanemolecular complex shaped like a dumbbell threaded through a ring
German Rotaxan
  • Rotaxanmolecular complex shaped like a dumbbell threaded through a ring
Greek ροταξάνο
  • ροταξάνο (rotaxáno)molecular complex shaped like a dumbbell threaded through a ring
Spanish rotaxano
  • rotaxanomolecular complex shaped like a dumbbell threaded through a ring
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APA

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

MLA

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Chicago

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

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