stereochemistry

English

Etymology

stereo- +‎ chemistry

Noun

stereochemistry (countable and uncountable, plural stereochemistries)

  1. (chemistry, uncountable) the branch of chemistry that involves the spatial arrangement of the atoms of molecules, and studies how this affects the physical and chemical properties of such species
  2. (chemistry, countable) the effect of such spatial arrangement on the chemistry of a particular compound

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