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  • noun Plural form of isomer.

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Examples

  • Substances which have precisely the same chemical formulæ (called isomers) have properties as widely apart as alcohol and ether.

    The Breath of Life John Burroughs 1879

  • Both of the following have four carbon atoms and ten hydrogen atoms they are called isomers

    Recently Uploaded Slideshows skyash 2009

  • These and similar substances, called "isomers," led chemists to suspect that substances are defined not simply by the number and kind of atoms in the molecule but also by the arrangement of those atoms.

    Wöhler, Friedrich 2007

  • These and similar substances, called "isomers," led chemists to suspect that substances are defined not simply by the number and kind of atoms in the molecule but also by the arrangement of those atoms.

    Von Liebig, Justus 2009

  • The results, Bada said, were even more remarkable than the earlier experiments—with a greater number of amino acids produced and a better lineup of isomers, compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structures.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

  • Not only was he able to purify highly concentrated carotene, but in early 1931 he succeeded in separating two similar but distinct forms (isomers).

    Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010

  • Sometimes, Mrs. Janner, it is important to remember that life is an isomerism in which the isomers change into one another with great ease so that they ordinarily exist together in equilibrium.

    Trisomy Jeffrey S. Callico 2011

  • They then demonstrated that the different isomers of carotene have a qualitatively identical effect on the growth of the rats, their sexual cycle and a number of diseases.

    Richard Kuhn and the Chemical Institute: Double Bonds and Biological Mechanisms 2010

  • Cardioprotection with palm oil tocotrienols: comparison of different isomers.

    Craig Cooper: The Real Facts About Vitamin E and Prostate Cancer Craig Cooper 2011

  • The results, Bada said, were even more remarkable than the earlier experiments—with a greater number of amino acids produced and a better lineup of isomers, compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structures.

    First Contact Marc Kaufman 2011

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