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Binane vs Inane - What's the difference?

binane | inane |

As nouns the difference between binane and inane

is that binane is (organic chemistry) any organic compound having an extended molecular structure of fused norbornanes and cyclobutanes; many of them are molracs while inane is that which is void or empty.

As an adjective inane is

lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).

binane

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) Any organic compound having an extended molecular structure of fused norbornanes and cyclobutanes; many of them are molracs
    • Aldrichimica Acta Volume 30 No 4] (pdf) from [http://www.sigmaaldrich.com/chemistry/chemical-synthesis/learning-center/aldrichimica-acta.html Sigma-Aldrich
  • :: Indeed, diene 4 was the starting point in our original report on the synthesis of binanes' as typified by the production of 6?-' binane from the reaction of quadricyclane 2 with diene 4.

    • inane

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Lacking sense or meaning (often to the point of boredom or annoyance).
    • This supremely gifted kid told me that in the early elementary grades, the songs sung in music class were so inane that he wanted to skip grades already! Eventually he did, so better late than never.
  • purposeless; pointless
  • * I. Taylor
    • Vague and inane instincts.

    Synonyms

    * (lacking sense) silly, fatuous, vapid

    Derived terms

    * inanely * inanity

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • That which is void or empty.
  • * Locke
    • The undistinguishable inane of infinite space.
  • *1881 , :
    • [...] whom we watch as we watch the clouds careering in the windy, bottomless inane , or read about like characters in ancient and rather fabulous annals.

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