An adjective referring to a chain macromolecule the segments of which produce such
small frictional effects when moving in a medium that the hydrodynamic field in the
vicinity of a given segment is not affected by the presence of other segments. Thus,
the solvent can flow virtually undisturbed through the domain occupied by a freely
draining macromolecule.
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IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
