Look up: oligomer

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   Oligomer
   An oligomer is a molecule which is formed from a few smaller (identical) molecules joined together. Just as a monomer is one (mono) unit (mer) and a dimer is two (di) units, an oligomer is a few units.
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   oligomer
   Oligomer is a substance consisting of molecules of intermediate relative molecular mass (molecular weight), the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass. In contrast to a polymer, the properties of an oligomer can vary significantly wit...
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   Oligomer
   A molecule that consists of repeating molecular subunits--essentially a polymer but not as long. By analogy, if a yellow brick is a single subunit, the yellow brick road is a polymer, and the yellow brick driveway is an oligomer.
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   oligomer
   a polymer composed of molecules containing only two,three or a few more mers Category: Chemistry
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   oligomer
   <chemistry> A molecule consisting of just a few monomers. ... (09 Oct 1997) ...
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   Oligomer
   In chemistry, an `oligomer` consists of a finite number of monomer units , in contrast to a polymer which, at least in principle, consists of an unbounded number of monomers. In biochemistry, the term oligomer is used for short, single stranded DNA fragments, generally used in hybridization experiments (bound to glass slides or nylon membranes). It can also refer to a protein complex made of two or more subunits. In this case, a complex made of ...
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   oligomer
   (from the article `industrial polymers, major`) In the above structure, n varies from about 2 to 25 repeating units; such low-molecular-weight prepolymers as these are called oligomers. Depending ...
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   oligomer
   A polymer containing only a few repeating units, a “few” generally considered as fewer than 20.
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   oligomer
   A moderately long chain of (about 50) monomers. Compare to polymer.
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