spirocyclooctane

noun

A divalent radical in which a cyclooctane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more or less at right angles to one another.

OriginEnglish cyclooctane ← Latin spīra ← Ancient Greek σπεῖρα (speîra) →
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Meanings

nounspirocyclooctane (plural spirocyclooctanes)

plural spirocyclooctanes

  1. chemistryA divalent radical in which a cyclooctane ring is fused to another ring at a single carbon atom, the two rings being more or less at right angles to one another.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sper-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sper-yeh₂-
  3. Ancient Greekσπεῖρα (speîra)
  4. Latinspīra
  5. Englishspiro-
  6. Englishcyclooctane
  7. Englishspirocyclooctane

From spiro- + cyclooctane.

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Chicago

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