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Terms vs Polymethine - What's the difference?

terms | polymethine |

As nouns the difference between terms and polymethine

is that terms is while polymethine is (organic chemistry) a compound made up from an odd number of methine groups bound together by alternating single and double bonds.

terms

English

Noun

(head)

    • Statistics

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    polymethine

    English

    (wikipedia polymethine)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A compound made up from an odd number of methine groups bound together by alternating single and double bonds.

    • See also

    * polyene (a similar compound with an even number of methine groups)