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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pseudopericyclic en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψεύδω (pseúdō) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ēs Proto-Hellenic *-ēs Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs) Ancient Greek -ής (-ḗs) Ancient Greek ψευδής (pseudḗs)der. Middle English pseudo- English pseudo- English pericyclic English pseudopericyclic From pseudo- + pericyclic.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Describing a transformation within a cyclic array of atoms in which bonding and nonbonding orbitals exchange roles