racemic
See also: racèmic
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French racémique, from Latin racēmus (“cluster or bunch of grapes”) + -ique or from raceme + -ic. The name came from racemic acid, which was isolated from grapes.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]racemic (not comparable)
- (chemistry) Containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory (+) and levorotatory (−) stereoisomers and therefore not optically active.
- Antonyms: enantiopure, scalemic
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]containing equal amounts of dextrorotatory and levorotatory stereoisomers
Further reading
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Anagrams
[edit]Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French racémique.
Adjective
[edit]racemic m or n (feminine singular racemică, masculine plural racemici, feminine and neuter plural racemice)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | racemic | racemică | racemici | racemice | |||
| definite | racemicul | racemica | racemicii | racemicele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | racemic | racemice | racemici | racemice | |||
| definite | racemicului | racemicei | racemicilor | racemicelor | ||||
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- Rhymes:English/iːmɪk
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