homologenn.
/həʊˈmɒlədʒɛn/ Chemistry.
A proposed name for the group of atoms by which each of the compounds in a homologous series differs from the preceding: e.g. the group H2C in the hydrocarbons of formula Cn H2n + 2, etc.
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1876 Johnson's New Universal Cycl. II. 979.
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homoloˈgenic adj. said of the molecule or group to which the ‘homologen’ is successively added.
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