同どう族ぞく列れつ

noun

homologous series

Chemistry term for a series of compounds with the same functional group and similar chemical properties, differing by a repeating unit such as CH₂.

• アルカンはメタンから始はじまる同どう族ぞく列れつを形けい成せいする。

  Alkanes form a homologous series starting with methane.