Etymology

tritactic

T1R1I1T1A1C3T1I1C3

Today it means: Describing a tactic polymer that has three sites of stereoisomerism in its chain Full definition →

English tactic ← New Latin tactica ← Ancient Greek τακτικός (taktikós)
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The story

  1. Englishtri-
  2. Ancient Greekτακτικός (taktikós)
  3. New Latintactica
  4. Englishtactic
  5. English todaytritactic

From tri- + tactic.

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