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Definition of Isomeric

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or exhibiting isomerism.

Definition of Isomeric

1. a. Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif.: (a) Polymeric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but with a different structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with each other in this sense. See Metameric.

Definition of Isomeric

1. Adjective. (chemistry) Being an isomer. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Exhibiting isomerism. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Isomeric

1. isomer [adj] - See also: isomer

Medical Definition of Isomeric

1. Having the same percentage composition; said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif., Polymeric; i. E, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. Metameric; i. E, having the same elements united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same molecular weight, but which a different structure or arrangement of the ultimate parts; as, ethyl alcohol and methyl ether are isomeric (metameric) with each other in this sense. See Metameric. Origin: Iso- + Gr. Part: cf. F. Isomerique. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Isomeric

Literary usage of Isomeric

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1905)
"isomeric Change of Solids. Stability Limits. — Each iso- meride has a characteristic melting-point which is independent of isomeric change. ..."

2. Outlines of General Chemistry by Wilhelm Ostwald (1912)
"But this influence is present in the isomeric kations of the substituted ... The velocity of these isomeric ions is greater, the greater the number of ..."

3. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"A solid stereo- isomeric modification of oleic acid, obtained by the action of nitrous acid upon olive oil, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1869)
""Compounds isomeric with the ... ethers isomeric with them. These experiments were exclusively performed in the ethyl-series. Not only is ethylamine much ..."

5. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1870)
"The following communications were read : — I. " On Compounds isomeric with the ... of the isonitriles and of the series of mustard oils isomeric with the ..."

6. The Electronic Conception of Valence and the Constitution of Benzene by Harry Shipley Fry (1921)
"A. Formation of isomeric Di-substituted Derivatives. ... Consequently it becomes necessary to explain (A) the simultaneous formation of isomeric ortho-, ..."

7. A Manual of Elementary Chemistry, Theoretical and Practical by George Fownes (1869)
"This compound, likewise isomeric with ... isomeric Hydrocarbons, C ... This name is applied to two isomeric hydrocarbons, ..."

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