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oligomer
oligomer
English
Noun
oligomer (plural oligomers)
- (chemistry) A compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer, normally having a specified number of units between about five and a hundred.
Derived terms
Translations
compound intermediate between a monomer and a polymer
See also
- monomer
- dimer
- trimer
- tetramer
- pentamer
- hexamer
- heptamer
- octamer
- nonamer
- decamer
- undecamer
- dodecamer
- tridecamer
- tetradecamer
- pentadecamer
- hexadecamer
- heptadecamer
- octadecamer
- nonadecamer
- eicosamer