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Adjective: steric  ste-rik or steer-ik
  1. (chemistry) relating to or involving the arrangement of atoms in space
    "This effect is a result of the larger size of the methyl group (or other carbon groups) as compared to the size of hydrogen - a steric effect"

Encyclopedia: Steric

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