Definitions for isomers

isomers i·so·mer

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

Isomers is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 176 anagrams from letters in isomers (eimorss).

Definitions for isomers

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 isomers

First recorded in 1865-70; back formation from isomeric

Examples for isomers

The oils drained from the crude naphthalene are re-distilled and worked for carbolic acid and its isomers.

A factor of considerable importance in determining boiling-points of isomers is the symmetry of the molecule.

Here we have assumed the substituent groups to be alike; when they are unlike, a greater number of isomers is possible.

The two pigments are, of course, isomers; but the difference in their structural arrangement is not known.

In the case of tetra-substituted compounds, thirty isomers are possible when all the groups are different.

isomers: that series of Coleoptera in which the tarsi have an equal number of joints on all feet.

The next members are the isomers anthracene and phenanthrene, C14H10, formed from three benzene nuclei.

One class of isomers was unexplained, and an explanation was demanded.

Word Value for isomers
Scrable

9

Words with friends

10

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