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enantiomer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ɛˈnænti.əmər/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Ancient Greek ἐν (en) Ancient Greek ἐν- (en-) Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent- Proto-Indo-European *h₂entíos Proto-Hellenic *antíos Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ος (ăntĭ́os) Ancient Greek ἐνᾰντῐ́ος (enăntĭ́os)der. English enantio- Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *(s)méros Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor. English -mer English enantiomer From enantio- + -mer.

Meanings

  1. One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer.

Forms

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Deriveds

eutomer · quasienantiomer · enantiomerism · pseudoenantiomer · enantiomerical · enantiomeric · enantiomerization

Relateds

L- · D- · levo- · dextro- · diastereoisomer

Synonyms

optical isomer · enantiomorph

Translations (22)

fr énantiomère (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · ru энантиоме́р (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · pl enancjomer (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · da enantiomer (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · pt enantiômero (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · ar مُتَصَاوِغ مِرْآتِيّ (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · ar مُتَصَاوِغ اِنْعِكَاسِيّ (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · eo enantiomero (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · ms enantiomer (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · gl enantiómero (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · hu enantiomer (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · es enantiómero (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · sv enantiomer (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · it enantiomero (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · nl enantiomeer (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · eo spegulizomero (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · fi enantiomeeri (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · mi poinanaha whakaata (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · he אננטיומר (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · pt enantiómero (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · ko 거울상체 (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers) · de Enantiomer (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers)