English Explanatory Dictionary

isomerism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae
  2. the interconversion of isomers
  3. nuclear isomerism, the phenomenon of the existence of nuclear isomers.

Word forms

isomerism isomerisms

Etymology

From isomer + -ism.

Derived words

alloisomerism atropisomerism cis-trans isomerism conformational isomerism geometric isomerism optical isomerism photoisomerism stereoisomerism structural isomerism

Translations

Bashkir: изомерия Catalan: isomeria Chinese Mandarin: 異構 /异构 Czech: izomerie Czech: isomerie Finnish: isomeria French: isomérie German: Isomerie Irish: isiméireacht Italian: isomeria Japanese: 異性 Kazakh: изомерия Kyrgyz: изомерия Portuguese: isomeria Russian: изомери́я Spanish: isomería Swedish: isomeri Welsh: isomeredd
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