Definition of "6-membered" []

• Of a chemical compound having a ring with six members (adjective)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "For example, a nucleic acid is found, in the cells of yeast, which lacks thymine, one of the four nitrogen-containing groups, and which instead of the 6-membered carbohydrate ring contains one with 5 members."
• "The theme of the 5 and 6-membered carbon rings found in Buckyballs repeats across the walls, but the complete structure is only realised in a sculpture suspended above a floor-mounted drawing of a "Primordial Play Pond" teeming with fantastical life."