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dendrimer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.49 in modern English

Syllables
den-drimer
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any polymer or oligomer having multiple branches of atoms strung off a central spine.

noun

A graph formed of branches from a central core.

Etymology

From dendr- + -mer.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

dendrimers (plural)

Derived Forms

dendrigraft dendrimeric dendrimersome glycodendrimer interdendrimer monodendrimer oligodendrimer peptidodendrimer telodendrimer

Questions

What does dendrimer mean?
Any polymer or oligomer having multiple branches of atoms strung off a central spine.
Where does dendrimer come from?
From dendr- + -mer.

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