noun
secondary carbon atom
Technical term in organic chemistry: a carbon atom bonded to two other carbon atoms.
第二級炭素原子は、二つの炭素原子と結合している。
A secondary carbon atom is bonded to two other carbon atoms.
Compound of 第二級 (secondary, second class) + 炭素 (carbon) + 原子 (atom). A direct calque from English 'secondary carbon atom'.