isomer
Syllables: i·so·merUK/ˈaɪ.sə.mə//ˈaɪ.sə.mɚ/
isomer noun: any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.
Noun
isomer (plural isomers)
- Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.
- Any of two or more atomic nuclei with the same mass number and atomic number but with different radioactive properties.
- Synonyms:
- nuclear isomer
isomer meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Malay
isomer in Hindi
- chemistry: compounds
- समावयव samāvyav
isomer in Tamil
- மாற்று, மாற்றியன், ஒருகூற்றுத்தொகுதி
isomer in Tagalog
- chemistry: compounds
- kasanyo
isomer in Malay
- chemistry: compounds
- isomer
More languagesFewer languages
- isomer in Indonesian
- isomer
- isomer in Persian
- ایزومر izomer
Synonyms of isomer
Forms of isomer
| plural | isomers |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | isomere |
Origin of isomer
From iso- + -mer.
Words formed from isomer
- alloisomer
- atropisomer
- atropoisomer
- chromoisomer
- cis-trans isomer
- conformer
- endo-isomer
- exo-isomer
- geoisomer
- geometric isomer
- isomerase
- isomerate
- isomer bomb
- isomeric
- isomerically
- isomerisation
- isomerism
- isomerization
- isomerize
- isomeromorphism
- metastable isomer
- nuclear isomer
- optical isomer
- photoisomer
- positional isomer
- pseudoisomer
- regioisomer
- rotamer
- stereoisomer
- structural isomer
- topoisomer
- triosephosphateisomerase
- valence isomer
Phrases with isomer
Questions about isomer
- What does isomer mean?
- Isomer means any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.
- What is isomer in Hindi?
- Isomer in Hindi is समावयव (samāvyav). See Isomer meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is isomer?
- Isomer is a noun.
- How do you pronounce isomer?
- Isomer is pronounced /ˈaɪ.sə.mə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of isomer?
- The plural of isomer is isomers.
Words near isomer in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: isomer (page history and authors); isomer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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