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trimer

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In chemistry , a trimer ( tri- , "three" + -mer , "parts") is an oligomer derived from three identical precursors. An example is the procedure of production of polymers . At first, a monomer is made. By combining two monomers, a dimer is produced. With ...

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oligomer \o*lig"o*mer\, n. (Chem.) A molecule composed of a small number of linked monomer units; a short polymer; -- compounds called oligomers have less than one hundred monomer units and usually less than thirty. Oligomers of increasing length are called ...

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n. a polymer (or a molecule of a polymer) consisting of three identical monomers

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) A molecule consisting of a chain of three parts, so called monomers. A trimer is formed by joining three identical molecules.