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isotactic

[ahy-suh-tak-tik]

adjective

Chemistry.

  1. (of a polymer) having the same configuration at successive, regularly spaced positions along the chain.

isotactic

/ ˌɪəʊˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. chem (of a stereospecific polymer) having identical steric configurations of the groups on each asymmetric carbon atom on the chain Compare syndiotactic

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

isotactic

  1. Of or relating to a polymer in which the repeating units are identically oriented.

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Other Word Forms

  • isotacticity noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of isotactic1

First recorded in 1950–55; iso- + tactic

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