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See also: Dimer, dimër, and dímer

English

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Etymology

From di- +‎ -mer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɪmə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US):(file)

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.

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

dimer (strong nominative masculine singular dimerer, not comparable)

  1. dimeric

Declension

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

Declension of dimer
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

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 , 青海 (Qinghai): 国家社会科学基金项目 (National Social Science Foundation Project), page 86
  • 林莲云 (1985) “dimur”, in 撒拉语简志, 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) (in Chinese), 1st edition, Beijing, →ISBN, page 71
  • Tenishev, Edhem (1976) “temuř”, in Stroj salárskovo jazyká , 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