monomer

See also: monòmer

English

Etymology

From mono- +‎ -mer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɒnəmə/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈmɑnəmɚ/
• Hyphenation: mon‧o‧mer

Noun

monomer (plural monomers)

1. (chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.

   Hypernyms: molecule; compound

   Hyponyms: aminoacid, mononucleotide, monosaccharide

   Coordinate terms: polymer; oligomer; dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, septamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer (etc, n+1)

   • 2000 October 1, Suda Kiatkamjornwong, Wararuk Chomsaksakul, Manit Sonsuk, “Radiation modification of water absorption of cassava starch by acrylic acid/acrylamide”, in Radiation Physics and Chemistry, volume 59, number 4, →DOI, page 423:

     The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH.

   • 2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 1:

     Nothing at all in the German fridge, so new that its interior smells only of cold and long-chain monomers.

   • 2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE‎^[2], →DOI:

     In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].

Translations

small molecule, bonded covalently to form polymers

• Armenian: մոնոմեր (hy) (monomer)
• Catalan: monòmer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 單體 / 单体 (zh) (dāntǐ)

• Czech: monomer m
• Danish: monomer c
• Dutch: monomeer (nl) n
• Esperanto: monomero
• Finnish: monomeeri (fi)
• Galician: monómero (gl) m
• Icelandic: einliða f
• Ido: monomero (io)
• Indonesian: monomer (id)
• Irish: monaiméir m
• Italian: monomero (it) m
• Japanese: モノマー (monomā)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: molekula sakar f

• Malay: monomer (ms)
• Maori: waetahi
• Polish: monomer (pl) m
• Portuguese: monómero (pt) m (Portugal), monômero (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: monomer (ro) m
• Russian: мономе́р (ru) m (monomér)
• Spanish: monómero (es) m
• Swedish: monomer (sv) c
• Turkish: monomer (tr)

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

monomer (strong nominative masculine singular monomerer, not comparable)

1. monomeric

Declension

Positive forms of monomer (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
predicative		er ist monomer	sie ist monomer	es ist monomer	sie sind monomer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	monomerer	monomere	monomeres	monomere
	genitive	monomeren	monomerer	monomeren	monomerer
	dative	monomerem	monomerer	monomerem	monomeren
	accusative	monomeren	monomere	monomeres	monomere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der monomere	die monomere	das monomere	die monomeren
	genitive	des monomeren	der monomeren	des monomeren	der monomeren
	dative	dem monomeren	der monomeren	dem monomeren	den monomeren
	accusative	den monomeren	die monomere	das monomere	die monomeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein monomerer	eine monomere	ein monomeres	(keine) monomeren
	genitive	eines monomeren	einer monomeren	eines monomeren	(keiner) monomeren
	dative	einem monomeren	einer monomeren	einem monomeren	(keinen) monomeren
	accusative	einen monomeren	eine monomere	ein monomeres	(keine) monomeren

Further reading

• “monomer” in Duden online
• “monomer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, from Dutch monomeer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /moˈnomɛr/
• Rhymes: -mɛr, -ɛr, -r
• Hyphenation: mo‧no‧mèr

Noun

monomèr (plural monomer-monomer)

1. (chemistry) monomer

Alternative forms

• monomər (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “monomer” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French monomère.

Noun

monomer m (plural monomeri)

1. monomer

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	monomer	monomerul		monomeri	monomerii
genitive-dative	monomer	monomerului		monomeri	monomerilor
vocative	monomerule			monomerilor