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isomerism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables
iso-merism
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae

Countable; Uncountable

noun

the interconversion of isomers

Countable; Uncountable

noun

nuclear isomerism, the phenomenon of the existence of nuclear isomers.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English isomer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English isomerism From isomer + -ism.

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Chemistry.

Inflected Forms

isomerisms (plural)

Derived Forms

alloisomerism atropisomerism photoisomerism stereoisomerism

Phrases

cis-trans isomerism conformational isomerism geometric isomerism optical isomerism structural isomerism

Frequently Paired Words

tautomerism

Questions

What does isomerism mean?
the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae
Where does isomerism come from?
Etymology tree English isomer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English isomerism From isomer + -ism.

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