isomerism

English

Etymology

From isomer +‎ -ism.

Noun

isomerism (countable and uncountable, plural isomerisms)

1. (chemistry) the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae
2. (chemistry) the interconversion of isomers
3. (nuclear physics) nuclear isomerism, the phenomenon of the existence of nuclear isomers

Derived terms

• alloisomerism
• atropisomerism
• cis-trans isomerism
• conformational isomerism
• geometric isomerism
• optical isomerism
• photoisomerism
• stereoisomerism
• structural isomerism

 

Translations

phenomenon of the existence of isomers

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異構／异构 (zh) (yìgòu), 异构 (zh) (yìgòu)

• Czech: izomerie f, isomerie f
• Finnish: isomeria (fi)
• French: isomérie (fr) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: Isomerie f
• Irish: isiméireacht f
• Italian: isomeria (it) f
• Japanese: 異性 (ja) (いせい, isei)
• Russian: изомери́я (ru) f (izomeríja)

See also

• tautomerism