decamer

English

Etymology

From deca- +‎ -mer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

decamer (plural decamers)

1. An oligomer having ten subunits.

   Hypernyms: oligomer; molecule; compound

   Hyponyms: heterodecamer, homodecamer

   Coordinate terms: monomer, dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, septamer, octamer, nonamer; polymer

   • 2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].

Derived terms

• decameric (adjective)
• didecamer
• heterodecamer
• homodecamer

Anagrams

• amerced, creamed, decream, racemed