stereoregularity
[ ster-ee-oh-reg-yuh-lar-i-tee, steer- ]
nounChemistry.
(of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule.
Origin of stereoregularity
11955–60; stereo- + regularity
- Also called tacticity.
- Compare configuration (def. 4).
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