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straggle
straggler
straight
straight-ahead
straight and narrow
straight angle
straight-arm
straight arrow
straight chain
straight eight
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straight-line depreciation
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straight chain
straight chain (plural straight chains)


noun 
Definition:
 
open chain of atoms: an open chain of atoms in a molecule that has no side branches
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