English Explanatory Dictionary

stereospecificity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.
  2. The property of a polymer that has a specific spatial arrangement of its constituent atoms.

Word forms

stereospecificity stereospecificities

Etymology

From stereo- + specificity.

Related words

stereospecific

Derived words

diastereospecificity
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