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dimerize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.25 in modern English

Syllables
dimer-ize
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To produce, or to undergo dimerization

Etymology

Etymology tree English dimer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English dimerize From dimer + -ize.

Inflected Forms

dimerizes (present, singular) dimerizing (participle, present) dimerized (participle, past) dimerized (past)

Derived Forms

dimerizable dimerizer predimerize redimerize retrodimerize

Questions

What does dimerize mean?
To produce, or to undergo dimerization
Where does dimerize come from?
Etymology tree English dimer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English dimerize From dimer + -ize.

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