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ISOMERISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they isomerise ... he / she / it isomerises
Past simple: isomerised
Past participle: isomerised
-ing form: isomerising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Change into an isomer
Synonyms:
isomerise; isomerize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "isomerise" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Verb group:
isomerise; isomerize (cause to change into an isomer)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
isomerisation (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause to change into an isomer
Synonyms:
isomerise; isomerize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "isomerise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Verb group:
isomerise; isomerize (change into an isomer)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
isomerisation (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)
