pendant group (side group)
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An offshoot, neither oligomeric nor polymeric from a chain.
Source:
PAC, 1996,
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, 2287. 'Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)' on page 2297 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac199668122287)