Definition of Dimer

1. Noun. A compound whose molecules are composed of two identical monomers.

Generic synonyms: Chemical Compound, Compound

Definition of Dimer

1. Noun. (chemistry) A molecule consisting of two identical halves, formed by joining two identical molecules, sometimes with a single atom acting as a bridge. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Dimer

1. a molecule composed of two identical molecules [n -S]

Medical Definition of Dimer

1. A molecule which consists of two similar (but not necessarily identical) subunits. The term could also be used as a verb referring to the act of the two subunits coming together (to dimerize). (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dimer

dimensionalized
dimensionalizes
dimensionalizing
dimensionally
dimensioned
dimensioner
dimensioners
dimensionful
dimensioning
dimensionless
dimensionless quantity
dimensions
dimensity
dimensive
dimepheptanol
dimer (current term)
dimera
dimeran
dimerans
dimercaprol
dimercaprols
dimercaptosuccinic
dimercaptosuccinic acid
dimercurion
dimercury
dimeric
dimerisation
dimerisations
dimerise
dimerised

Literary usage of Dimer

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

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"THE SOCIETY FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE 162383-388(1979) Calcium on the Monomer-dimer Association of Calcium-Binding Protein in the Serum of ..."

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1879)
"In such an experiment the dimer-monomer analysis would not describe the data ... The constants calculated from the dimer-monomer analysis are quite ..."

3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and ...by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett by Thomas Bayly Howell, William Cobbett (1816)
"Tliis body of smugglers, in their return from Poole, passed through Fordingbridge, in Hants ; where dimer, one of that company, was seen and known by Chater ..."

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