trimer

An oligomer composed of three monomers.

Noun

  1. An oligomer composed of three monomers.

    Hypernyms: oligomer molecule compound

    Coordinate Terms: monomer dimer tetramer pentamer hexamer heptamer septamer octamer nonamer decamer polymer

Origin

From tri- + -mer.

Forms

trimers

Related

trimeric trimerous trimery

Derived

cyclotrimer intertrimer monotrimer oligotrimer pseudotrimer supratrimer trimerisation trimerise trimerization trimerize