Definitions for isomerism

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isomerism i·som·er·ism

Spelling: [ahy-som-uh-riz-uh m]

IPA: /aɪˈsɒm əˌrɪz əm/

Isomerism is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 216 anagrams from letters in isomerism (eiimmorss).

Definitions for isomerism

noun

1. Chemistry. the relation of two or more compounds, radicals, or ions that are composed of the same kinds and numbers of atoms but differ from each other in structural arrangement (structural isomerism) as CH 3 OCH 3 and CH 3 CH 2 OH, or in the arrangement of their atoms in space and therefore in one or more properties. Compare optical isomerism, stereoisomerism.
2. Also called nuclear isomerism. Physics. the relation of two or more nuclides that have the same atomic number and mass number but different energy levels and half-lives.
3. Chemistry, Physics. the phenomenon characterized by such a relation.
4. the state or condition of being isomerous.

Origin of isomerism

First recorded in 1830-40; isomer(ic) + -ism

Examples for isomerism

One of the most remarkable phenomena of chemistry is that of isomerism.

A rough illustration of the phenomenon of isomerism is furnished by written language.

A further distinction is necessary to a survey of the subdivisions of isomerism regarded in its widest sense.

Further, the allotropic modifications of elements and the isomerism of compounds increased the difficulties.

Before entering into detail it may be useful to consider the nature of isomerism from a general standpoint.

A general philosophical interest is attached to the phenomena of isomerism.

Among organisms we sometimes observe a phenomenon which looks very like isomerism.