Definition of "closed-ring" [closed-ring]

• Same as closed-chain. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "The closed-ring version of the compound is a better electron acceptor than the colorless open-ringed version, Branda notes."
• "OAc) _ {4} justifies a closed-ring formula for the original viz. CO < [CHOH] _ {4} > CH_ {2}; and the preference for this formula depends upon the explanation it affords of the aggregation of the groups by way of"