oligomer

English

Etymology

oligo- +‎ -mer

Pronunciation

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

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.

Derived terms

• oligomeric

Translations

compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer

• Catalan: oligòmer m
• German: Oligomer (de) n
• Italian: oligomero (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Polish: oligomer (pl) m
• Spanish: oligómero m

See also

• monomer
• dimer
• trimer
• tetramer
• pentamer
• hexamer
• heptamer
• octamer
• nonamer
• decamer
• undecamer
• dodecamer
• tridecamer
• tetradecamer
• pentadecamer
• hexadecamer
• heptadecamer
• octadecamer
• nonadecamer
• eicosamer

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