-mer
suff.（后缀）
suff.（后缀）
- Variant of -mere
-mere的变体
-mer
suffix forming nouns
chemistry. denoting a substance of a particular class
⇒
monomer
⇒
polymer
Origin
from Greek meros part-mer
Word Origin
Chemistry.
1
a combining form meaning “member of a particular group”:
isomer.
Compare -mere, -merous.
Origin
< Greek méros part, portion
Related Words
- diastereomer
- dimer
- enantiomer
- epimer
- ionomer
- Lag b'Omer
-mera word element meaning 'part', 'unit', as in polymer.
[Greek meros part]-mer
noun combining form
monomer
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek meros part — more at merit
: member of a (specified) classmonomer
-mer
combining form
- denoting polymers and related kinds of molecule表示“聚合物和相关分子”：
-
elastomer.
词源
from Greek meros 'part'.
ORIGIN: Repr. Greek meros part, after isomer , polymer .
-mer
\(ˌ)mə(r)\ noun combining form
(-s)
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, from Greek meros part — more at merit
chemistry : member of a (specified) class
< isomer >
< metamer >
< polymer >
chemistry
< isomer >
< metamer >
< polymer >
-mer-mere
Suffix
- chemistry Used to form words relating to chemical structure, denoting parts of a molecule, for example, monomer (one part), dimer (two parts), polymer (many parts).
Etymology
From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -mer