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stereodirection

stereodirection noun: the process of stereodirecting.

Noun

stereodirection (uncountable)

  1. The process of stereodirecting.
    • Coleman and Fox (24) give such an example in which the catalyst system has two reactive sites which are equivalent except for a difference in capacity for stereodirection.1968, Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, page 761
    • With the free allylic alcohols, in turn, results could be interpreted by assuming stereodirection by hydrogen bonding between the peracid and the hydroxy group.2008, Mihály Nógrádi, Stereoselective Synthesis: A Practical Approach (page 130)

Origin of stereodirection

From stereo- + direction.

Questions about stereodirection

What does stereodirection mean?
Stereodirection means the process of stereodirecting.
What part of speech is stereodirection?
Stereodirection is a noun.

Words near stereodirection in the dictionary

  1. stereodiagram
  2. stereodiagrams
  3. stereodirect
  4. stereodirected
  5. stereodirecting
  6. stereodirection
  7. stereodirects
  8. stereodisparity
  9. stereodissecting
  10. stereodissection
  11. stereodissections

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