dimer

See also: Dimer, dimër, and dímer

English

Etymology

From di- +‎ -mer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɪmə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

dimer (plural dimers)

  1. (chemistry) A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge.
    Hypernyms: oligomer; molecule; compound
    Hyponyms: heterodimer, homodimer
    Coordinate terms: monomer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, septamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer; polymer
    • 2015 March 25, Anna Skoczyńska et al., “New look at the role of progerin in skin aging”, in Przegla̜d Menopauzalny = Menopause Review[1], volume 14, →DOI:
      Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers.

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /diˈmeːɐ̯/

Adjective

dimer (strong nominative masculine singular dimerer, not comparable)

  1. dimeric

Declension

Further reading

  • dimer” in Duden online
  • dimer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dimère.

Noun

dimer m (plural dimeri)

  1. dimer

Declension

Declension of dimer
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative dimer dimerul dimeri dimerii
genitive-dative dimer dimerului dimeri dimerilor
vocative dimerule dimerilor

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *temür.

Pronunciation

  • (Xunhua, Jiezi dialect) IPA(key): [timuɹ]
  • (Xunhua, Mengda township) IPA(key): [temuɹ]
  • (Ili Salar) IPA(key): [tamɯr]
  • (-) IPA(key): [timeɹ], [tamuɹ]

Noun

dimer

  1. iron

References

  • 马伟 (Ma Wei), 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016) “dimer”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 86
  • 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985) “dimur”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎[2], Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 26
  • Ma, Chengjun, Han, Lianye, Ma, Weisheng (December 2010) “damur”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 71
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “temuř”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 508
  • Yakup, Abdurishid (2002) “damır”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon[3], Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 74