Meanings
noundiastereoselectivity (plural diastereoselectivities)
plural diastereoselectivities
- chemistryThe preferential formation of one diastereoisomer over another; also, the degree of said preference
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
- Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
- Proto-Indo-European*dwís
- Ancient Greekδιά (diá)
- Ancient Greekδῐᾰ- (dĭă-)
- Englishdia-
- Englishstereoselectivity
- Englishdiastereoselectivity
From dia- + stereoselectivity.
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