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decamer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
de-camer
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An oligomer having ten subunits.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English decamer From deca- + -mer.

Inflected Forms

decamers (plural)

Derived Forms

decameric didecamer heterodecamer homodecamer

Frequently Paired Words

monomer dimer trimer tetramer pentamer hexamer heptamer septamer

Questions

What does decamer mean?
An oligomer having ten subunits.
Where does decamer come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥ Proto-Hellenic *dékə Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă) Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs) Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der. Late Latin decasder. French déca-bor. English deca- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English decamer From deca- + -mer.

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