isotactic

[ ahy-suh-tak-tik ]

/ ˌaɪ səˈtæk tɪk /

adjective Chemistry.

(of a polymer) having the same configuration at successive, regularly spaced positions along the chain.See also configuration(def 4).

Nearby words

isosthenuria, isostructural, isosulfan blue, isotac, isotach, isotactic, isoteniscope, isothere, isotherm, isothermal, isothermal process

Origin of isotactic

First recorded in 1950–55; iso- + tactic

Related forms

i·so·tac·tic·i·ty

[ahy-soh-tak-tis-i-tee] /ˌaɪ soʊ tækˈtɪs ɪ ti/, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for isotactic

isotactic

/ (ˌaɪsəʊˈtæktɪk) /

adjective

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

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