wedge-and-dash
English
Alternative forms
- wedge and dash
Noun
![](Images/wiktionary/Methane-2D-stereo.svg.png.webp)
wedge-and-dash image of methane
wedge-and-dash (plural wedge-and-dashes)
- (chemistry) A method of representing the three-dimensional structure of a molecule in which solid lines represent bonds in the plane of the image, wedges represent bonds towards the viewer, and dashed lines represent bonds away from the viewer.