Question

define catenation?...​

Answer 1

Answer:

In chemistry, catenation is the bonding of atoms of the same element into a series, called a chain. A chain or a ring shape may be open if its ends are not bonded to each other, or closed if they are bonded in a ring. The words to catenate and catenation reflect the Latin root catena, "chain".

Answer 2

• ᴄᴀᴛᴇɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ʙᴏɴᴅɪɴɢ ᴏғ ᴀᴛᴏᴍs ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ sᴀᴍᴇ ᴇʟᴇᴍᴇɴᴛ ɪɴᴛᴏ ᴀ sᴇʀɪᴇs, ᴄᴀʟʟᴇᴅ ᴀ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ. ᴀ ᴄʜᴀɪɴ ᴏʀ ᴀ ʀɪɴɢ sʜᴀᴘᴇ ᴍᴀʏ ʙᴇ ᴏᴘᴇɴ ɪғ ɪᴛs ᴇɴᴅs ᴀʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴏɴᴅᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ᴇᴀᴄʜ ᴏᴛʜᴇʀ, ᴏʀ ᴄʟᴏsᴇᴅ ɪғ ᴛʜᴇʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʙᴏɴᴅᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀ ʀɪɴɢ. ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴛᴏ ᴄᴀᴛᴇɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀᴛᴇɴᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ʀᴇғʟᴇᴄᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴀᴛɪɴ ʀᴏᴏᴛ ᴄᴀᴛᴇɴᴀ, "ᴄʜᴀɪɴ".