Definitions for isomer

isomer i·so·mer

Spelling: [ahy-suh-mer]
IPA: /ˈaɪ sə mər/

Isomer is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 135 anagrams from letters in isomer (eimors).

Definitions for isomer

noun

  1. Chemistry. a compound displaying isomerism with one or more other compounds.
  2. Also called nuclear isomer. Physics. a nuclide that exhibits isomerism with one or more other nuclides.

Origin of isomer

First recorded in 1865-70; back formation from isomeric

Examples for isomer

Chavibetol, an isomer of eugenol, occurs in the ethereal oil obtained from Piper betle.

An isomer of chloral, parachloralide, is made by passing excess of dry chlorine into absolute methyl alcohol.

According to this view hyoscyamine ought to be the hyoscinate of hyoscine, or at any rate an isomer of this body.

Besides this oil, cloves also contain two neutral bodies, eugenin and caryophyllin, the latter of which is an isomer of camphor.

Sometimes either form was digestible, but frequently the body could use only the isomer to which it was adjusted.

An isomer of cinnamic acid known as allo-cinnamic acid is also known.

Word Value for isomer
Scrable

8

Words with friends

9

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