dimer

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
9
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ˈdaɪmə(ɹ)/

Definition of dimer

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
    “Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers.”

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Etymology

From di- + -mer.

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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