isomerism

English

Etymology

From isomer +‎ -ism.

Noun

isomerism (countable and uncountable, plural isomerisms)

1. (physical 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.

Coordinate terms

• tautomerism

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

phenomenon of the existence of isomers

• Bashkir: изомерия (izomeriya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 異構／异构 (zh) (yìgòu)

• Czech: izomerie f, isomerie f
• Finnish: isomeria (fi)
• French: isomérie (fr) f
• German: Isomerie f
• Irish: isiméireacht f
• Italian: isomeria (it) f
• Japanese: 異性 (ja) (いせい, isei)
• Kazakh: изомерия (izomeriä)
• Kyrgyz: изомерия (izomeriya)
• Russian: изомери́я (ru) f (izomeríja)
• Swedish: isomeri (sv)
• Welsh: isomeredd m

Further reading

• Isomer on Wikipedia.Wikipedia