ENANTIOMER


Meaning of ENANTIOMER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ i-ˈnan-tē-ə-mər ]

noun

Etymology: Greek enantios + English -mer

Date: circa 1929

: either of a pair of chemical compounds whose molecular structures have a nonsuperimposable mirror-image relationship to each other — compare diastereomer

• en·an·tio·mer·ic -ˌnan-tē-ə-ˈmer-ik adjective

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.