optical isomer

noun

Any one of a number of compounds that exhibit optical isomerism.

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Meanings

nounoptical isomer (plural optical isomers)

plural optical isomers

  1. chemistryAny one of a number of compounds that exhibit optical isomerism.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
enantiomer

Translations

Hungarian optikai izomer
  • optikai izomercompound that exhibits optical isomerism
Polish izomer optyczny
  • izomer optycznycompound that exhibits optical isomerism
Tagalog sugaaning kasanyo
  • sugaaning kasanyocompound that exhibits optical isomerism
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APA

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Chicago

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