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trimer

trimer

1 9.9
A chemical made of three identical molecules joined together
  • noun
  • /ˈtraɪmər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : trímero
  • The study focused on the structure of the trimer, which consists of three identical monomer units.

It actually it makes a a three copies and it's it it makes so-called trimer.

Examples

  • Three pores per trimer can be seen.

    Academic text (1995)
  • I don't know if you ever try taking two mirrors, you got one behind your head and you're looking in the other mirror, and you got a beer trimer, you know, try to get through that angle, And I just hear, oops, what just happened?

  • Indeed, the individual molecules turn out to be more reactive than C60 molecules and seem to form dimers and trimers.

    Academic text (1999)
  • PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): b: The intracellular side of the OmpF trimers rendered at 1.5-nm resolution. The bar is 2 nm long. (From ref. 10.)

    Academic text (1995)
  • Each trimer formed by the protein was analyzed for its stability and chemical properties.

  • In the experiment, we discovered that the trimer binder significantly improved the reaction efficiency.

Compounds

ethanal trimer
  • Archaic
9.9

A colorless liquid used to make people calm or sleep and to dissolve other materials

How Many Parts

hexamer
  • Specialized
9.3
tetramer
  • Specialized
8.2
trimer
  • Specialized
1 9.9
dimer
  • Specialized
3 8.3
monomer
  • Specialized
1 7.0

Surface Forms

trimer singular
trimers plural

Morphology

trimer = tri + mer (transparent) = tri + mer

The word 'trimer' is transparently derived from 'tri-' meaning three and 'mer' meaning a unit in a polymer, indicating a polymer with three units.

Etymology

Trimer breaks into tri- meaning 'three' and -mer meaning 'part' or 'unit', just like trio or triangle. So a trimer is three parts joined together, which is why in chemistry it means three identical molecules bonded into one.