Branched Chain Definition

noun
A straight chain of atoms, usually carbon, with any number of secondary, straight branches; open chain.
Webster's New World
adjective

(organic chemistry) Describing any aliphatic compound that contains a chain of carbon atoms in which at least one carbon atom is connected to three or four others, thus forming a branch.

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