oligomer

English

Etymology

From oligo- +‎ -mer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈlɪ.ɡə.məɹ/, enPR: ə-ʹlĭ-gə-mər

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Noun

oligomer (plural oligomers)

1. (chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.

   Hypernyms: molecule; compound

   Hyponyms: dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, septamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer, undecamer, dodecamer, tridecamer, tetradecamer, pentadecamer, hexadecamer, heptadecamer, octadecamer, nonadecamer, eicosamer

   Coordinate terms: monomer, polymer

Derived terms

• cellooligomer
• chitooligomer
• cyclooligomer
• glycooligomer
• heterooligomer
• homooligomer
• mixmer
• oligomerase
• oligomeric (adjective)
• oligomerise
• oligomerization
• oligomerize
• protomer
• pseudooligomer
• supraoligomer
• xylooligomer

Translations

compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer

• Bulgarian: олигоме́р m (oligomér)
• Catalan: oligòmer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 低聚物 (dījùwù)

• Dutch: oligomeer (nl) n
• French: oligomère (fr) m
• German: Oligomer (de) n
• Italian: oligomero (it) m
• Kazakh: олигомер (oligomer)
• Korean: 올리고머 (ko) (olligomeo)
• Kyrgyz: олигомер (oligomer)
• Polish: oligomer (pl) m
• Russian: олигомер (ru) m (oligomer)
• Spanish: oligómero m

Anagrams

• gloomier

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Oligomere.

Adjective

oligomer m or n (feminine singular oligomeră, masculine plural oligomeri, feminine/neuter plural oligomere)

1. oligomer

Declension

Declension of oligomer

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	oligomer		oligomeră	oligomeri	oligomere
	definite	oligomerul		oligomera	oligomerii	oligomerele
genitive- dative	indefinite	oligomer		oligomere	oligomeri	oligomere
	definite	oligomerului		oligomerei	oligomerilor	oligomerelor

Noun

oligomer n (plural oligomeri)

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Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	oligomer	oligomerul	oligomeri	oligomerile
genitive-dative	oligomer	oligomerului	oligomeri	oligomerilor
vocative	oligomerule		oligomerilor

References

• oligomer in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

Welsh

Etymology

Internationalism. Borrowed from English oligomer. Analysable as oligo- +‎ -mer.

Noun

oligomer m (plural oligomerau)

1. (chemistry) oligomer

Related terms

• monomer
• polymer

Further reading

• Griffiths, Bruce; Glyn Jones, Dafydd (1995), “oligomer”, in Geiriadur yr Academi: The Welsh Academy English–Welsh Dictionary‎^[1], Cardiff: University of Wales Press, →ISBN