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stereospecificity

stereospecificity noun: the property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.

Noun

stereospecificity (countable and uncountable, plural stereospecificities)

  1. (physical) The property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.
  2. (physical) The property of a polymer that has a specific spatial arrangement of its constituent atoms.

Forms of stereospecificity

pluralstereospecificities

Origin of stereospecificity

From stereo- + specificity.

Words formed from stereospecificity

Questions about stereospecificity

What does stereospecificity mean?
Stereospecificity means the property of a chemical reaction that yields specific stereoisomers as products.
What part of speech is stereospecificity?
Stereospecificity is a noun.
What is the plural of stereospecificity?
The plural of stereospecificity is stereospecificities.

Words near stereospecificity in the dictionary

  1. stereospecific polymers
  2. stereospecific syntheses
  3. stereospecific synthesis
  4. stereospecifically
  5. stereospecificities
  6. stereospecificity
  7. stereospondyl
  8. stereospondylomorph
  9. stereospondylomorphs
  10. stereospondylous
  11. stereospondyls

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