dethreading

dethreading

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *de
Proto-Indo-European *-h₁
Proto-Indo-European *déh₁
Proto-Italic *dē
Latin dē
Latin dē-der.
English de-
English threading
English dethreading

    From de- + threading.

    Noun

    dethreading (uncountable)

    1. (organic chemistry) Any process in which the threaded structure of a molecule (such as a rotaxane) is disrupted.
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