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Webster 1913 Edition
Isomerism
I-som′er-ism
,Noun.
(Chem.)
The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric substances.
Definition 2024
isomerism
isomerism
English
Noun
isomerism (countable and uncountable, plural isomerisms)
- (chemistry) the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae
- (chemistry) the interconversion of isomers
Translations
phenomenon of the existence of isomers
Derived terms
- structural isomerism
- geometric isomerism = cis-trans isomerism
- optical isomerism or stereoisomerism