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

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky