"enantiomer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-ca-enantiomer.opus Forms: enantiomers [plural]
Etymology: From enantio- + -mer. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|enantio|mer}} enantio- + -mer Head templates: {{en-noun}} enantiomer (plural enantiomers)
  1. (chemistry) One of a pair of stereoisomers that is the mirror image of the other, but may not be superimposed on this other stereoisomer. Almost always, a pair of enantiomers contain at least one chiral center, and a sample of either enantiomer will be optically active. Wikipedia link: enantiomer Synonyms: enantiomorph, optical isomer Derived forms: enantiomeric, enantiomerical, enantiomerism, enantiomerization, eutomer, quasienantiomer Related terms: diastereoisomer, dextro-, D-, levo-, L- Translations (one of a pair of mirror-image stereoisomers): مُتَصَاوِغ اِنْعِكَاسِيّ (mutaṣāwiḡ inʕikāsiyy) (Arabic), مُتَصَاوِغ مِرْآتِيّ (mutaṣāwiḡ mirʔātiyy) (Arabic), enantiomer (Danish), enantiomeer (Dutch), enantiomero (Esperanto), spegulizomero (Esperanto), enantiomeeri (Finnish), énantiomère (French), enantiómero [masculine] (Galician), Enantiomer (German), אננטיומר (Hebrew), enantiomer (Hungarian), enantiomero (Italian), 거울상체 (geoulsangche) (Korean), enantiomer (Malay), poinanaha whakaata (Maori), enancjomer (Polish), enantiómero [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), enantiômero [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), энантиоме́р (enantiomér) [masculine] (Russian), enantiómero (Spanish), enantiomer (Swedish)

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