isomer
See also: Isomer
English
WOTD – 3 May 2008
Three structural isomers.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.sə.mə/
- (US) enPR: ī'səmər, IPA(key): /ˈaɪ.sə.mɚ/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (AU) (file) - Hyphenation: i‧so‧mer
Noun
isomer (plural isomers)
- (chemistry) Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.
- (physics) Any of two or more atomic nuclei with the same mass number and atomic number but with different radioactive properties.
Synonyms
- (physics: atomic nuclei): nuclear isomer
Derived terms
- atropisomer
- cis-trans isomer
- endo-isomer
- exo-isomer
- geoisomer
- geometric isomer
- isomerase
- isomerate
- isomer bomb
- isomeric
- isomerism
- isomerize
- isomeromorphism
- metastable isomer
- nuclear isomer
- optical isomer
- photoisomer
- positional isomer
- regioisomer
- stereoisomer
- structural isomer
- topoisomer
- valence isomer
Translations
chemistry: compounds
See also
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