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What is the noun for catenation?

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catenation
  1. The act or process of catenating.
  2. (chemistry) The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming covalent bonds with atoms of the same element.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “These lower bands corresponded to species of reduced degrees of catenation.”
      “It was shown also that the same critical concentration of spermidine induces aggregation and catenation of DNA rings by topoisomerases.”
      “Next to carbon, boron probably has the richest chemistry with regard to catenation, which is the formation of chains of atoms of the same element.”
catenator
  1. Something that catenates.
  2. Synonyms:
catenations
catenators
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