rotaxanes

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A form of rotaxane — 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

noun
  1. pluralplural of rotaxane
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