Associations to the word «Isomer»

Wiktionary

ISOMER, noun. (chemistry) Any of two or more compounds with the same molecular formula but with different structure.
ISOMER, noun. (physics) Any of two or more atomic nuclei with the same mass number and atomic number but with different radioactive properties.

Dictionary definition

ISOMER, noun. A compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne