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stereoisomerisms

stereoisomerisms is the plural of stereoisomerism.

Meaning of stereoisomerism

Noun

stereoisomerism (countable and uncountable, plural stereoisomerisms)

  1. A form of isomerism in which atoms are arranged differently about a chiral centre (or centre of asymmetry). They exhibit optical activity, and in a molecule with a single chiral centre the two isomers (enantiomers) are mirror images of each other whereas in a molecule with multiple chiral centres the isomers (diastereoisomers) are not normally mirror images.

Questions about stereoisomerisms

What is stereoisomerisms the plural of?
Stereoisomerisms is the plural of stereoisomerism.

Words near stereoisomerisms in the dictionary

  1. stereoisomer
  2. stereoisomeric
  3. stereoisomerical
  4. stereoisomerically
  5. stereoisomerism
  6. stereoisomerisms
  7. stereoisomerization
  8. stereoisomerizations
  9. stereoisomers
  10. stereoization
  11. stereoize

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