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ISOMERIZE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Change into an isomer

Synonyms:

isomerise; isomerize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "isomerize" 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:

isomerization (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 "isomerize" 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:

isomerization (the conversion of a compound into an isomer of itself)

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