racemo

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹəˈsiːmoʊ/

Adjective

racemo (not comparable)

  1. (chemistry, dated, proscribed) Of a tactic diad, having structural units in opposition.

Usage notes

As the adjectives "racemic" and "nonracemic" apply to whole molecules, not structural units, "racemo" is considered misleadingly imprecise and was formally proscribed in 2019; modern usage is to write just "r", formerly an abbreviation for "racemo".

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Translations

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin racēmus. Cf. racimolo, a related inherited form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈt͡ʃɛ.mo/
  • Rhymes: -ɛmo
  • Hyphenation: ra‧cè‧mo

Noun

racemo m (plural racemi)

  1. (botany) raceme
  2. (chemistry) racemate
    Synonym: racemato

Derived terms

Further reading

  • racemo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

racēmō

  1. dative/ablative singular of racēmus
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