Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Chem.) Applied to certain compounds having the same composition but different properties; as in
iso cyanic. - (Organic Chem.) Applied to compounds of certain isomeric series in whose structure one carbon atom, at least, is connected with three other carbon atoms; -- contrasted with
neo- andnormal ; as iniso paraffine;iso pentane.
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- prefix
equal - prefix chemistry forms terms relating to
isomers - prefix physics forms terms relating to
isotopes
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek ἴσος (isos, "equal")
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