isotactic

American

[ahy-suh-tak-tik] / ˌaɪ səˈtæk tɪk /

adjective

Chemistry.

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

isotactic British

/ ˌaɪsəʊˈtæktɪk /

adjective

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

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isotactic Scientific

/ ī′sə-tăk′tĭk /

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

Other Word Forms

isotacticity

noun

Etymology

Origin of isotactic

First recorded in 1950–55; iso- + tactic

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