dimer

See also: Dimer, dimër, and dímer

English

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dimer

Wikipedia

Etymology

From di- +‎ -mer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪmə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

dimer (plural dimers)

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

   Hypernyms: oligomer; molecule; compound

   Hyponyms: heterodimer, homodimer

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

   • 2015 March 25, Anna Skoczyńska et al., “New look at the role of progerin in skin aging”, in Przegla̜d Menopauzalny = Menopause Review‎, volume 14, →DOI:

     Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers.

Derived terms

• codimer
• cyclodimer
• D-dimer
• dehydrodimer
• dimeric
• dimerise
• dimerization
• dimerize
• dimerous
• dimery
• excimer
• hemidimer
• heterodimer
• heterodimeric
• holodimer
• homodimer
• homodimeric
• hydrodimer
• interdimer
• intradimer
• nanodimer
• oligodimer
• oxodimer
• phosphodimer
• photodimer
• pseudodimer

Translations

a molecule consisting of two identical halves

Catalan: dímer m Czech: dimer m Finnish: dimeeri French: dimère (fr) m, endoestas Italian: dimero (it) m Polish: dimer (pl) m Russian: диме́р (ru) m (dimér) Spanish: dímero m

Anagrams

• MRIed, mired, rimed

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈmeːɐ̯/

Adjective

dimer (strong nominative masculine singular dimerer, not comparable)

1. dimeric

Declension

Positive forms of dimer (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist dimer	sie ist dimer	es ist dimer	sie sind dimer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	dimerer	dimere	dimeres	dimere
	genitive	dimeren	dimerer	dimeren	dimerer
	dative	dimerem	dimerer	dimerem	dimeren
	accusative	dimeren	dimere	dimeres	dimere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der dimere	die dimere	das dimere	die dimeren
	genitive	des dimeren	der dimeren	des dimeren	der dimeren
	dative	dem dimeren	der dimeren	dem dimeren	den dimeren
	accusative	den dimeren	die dimere	das dimere	die dimeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein dimerer	eine dimere	ein dimeres	(keine) dimeren
	genitive	eines dimeren	einer dimeren	eines dimeren	(keiner) dimeren
	dative	einem dimeren	einer dimeren	einem dimeren	(keinen) dimeren
	accusative	einen dimeren	eine dimere	ein dimeres	(keine) dimeren

Further reading

• “dimer” in Duden online
• “dimer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French dimère.

Noun

dimer m (plural dimeri)

1. dimer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	dimer	dimerul		dimeri	dimerii
genitive-dative	dimer	dimerului		dimeri	dimerilor
vocative	dimerule			dimerilor

Salar

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *temür.

Pronunciation

• (Xunhua, Jiezi dialect) IPA^(key): [timuɹ]
• (Xunhua, Mengda township) IPA^(key): [temuɹ]
• (Ili Salar) IPA^(key): [tamɯr]
• IPA^(key): [timeɹ], [tamuɹ]

Noun

dimer

1. iron

References

• 马伟 (Ma Wei); 朝克 (Chao Ke) (2016), “dimer”, in 濒危语言——撒拉语研究 [Endangered Languages ​​- Salar Language Studies], 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 86
• 林莲云 [Lin Lianyun] (1985), “dimur”, in 撒拉语简志 [A Brief History of Salar]‎, Beijing: 民族出版社: 琴書店, →OCLC, page 26
• Ma, Chengjun; Han, Lianye; Ma, Weisheng (December 2010), “damur”, in 米娜瓦尔 艾比布拉 (Minavar Abibra), editor, 撒维汉词典 (Sāwéihàncídiǎn) [Salar-Uyghur-Chinese dictionary] (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 71
• Tenishev, Edhem (1976), “temuř”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká [Grammar of Salar], Moscow, page 508
• Yakup, Abdurishid (2002), “damır”, in An Ili Salar Vocabulary: Introduction and a Provisional Salar-English Lexicon‎, Tokyo: University of Tokyo, →ISBN, page 74