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isomerism
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Isomerism \I*som"er*ism\, n. (Chem.) The state, quality, or relation, of two or more isomeric substances.
Physical isomerism (Chem.), a former term for optical isomerism.
optical isomerism (Chem.), the condition or relation of certain (isomeric) substances, which, while chemically identical (in that they have the same composition, the same molecular weights, and the same ultimate constitution), are yet physically different, as in their action on polarized light, as dextro- and l[ae]vo-tartaric acids, or the sugars galactose and glucose. In such compounds there is usually at least one unsymmetrical carbon atom and typically more than one. See Unsymmetrical.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context chemistry English) the phenomenon of the existence of isomers - the existence of different substances with the same molecular formulae 2 (context chemistry English) the interconversion of isomers
WordNet
n. the state of being an isomer; the complex of chemical and physical phenomena characteristic of isomers
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "isomerism".
The phenomena of isomerism, or identity of composition and proportions of constituents with difference of qualities, and of isomorphism, or identity of form in crystals which have one element substituted for another, were equally surprises to science.
Great balks of information flooded down the thick nerve cord to his nose, carrying inexplicable information about triple bonds, alkanes and geometric isomerism.
Great balks of information flooded down the thick nerve cord to his nose, carrying inexplicable information about triple bonds, alkanes and geometric isomerism.