"enantiomer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-ca-enantiomer.opus [Canada] Forms: enantiomers [plural]
Etymology: 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 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), 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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