Definitions For Racemo

Adjective

(not comparable) (chemistry, dated, proscribed) Of a tactic diad, having structural units in opposition.

Usage notes

As the adjectives "racemic" and "nonracemic" apply to whole molecules, not structural units, "racemo" is considered misleadingly imprecise and was formally proscribed in 2019; modern usage is to write just "r", formerly an abbreviation for "racemo".

Antonyms

meso

Translations

Etymology

{{rfe, en, the etymology is nearly identical to that of racemic, but this entry would need information on the origin of the "-o" suffix}}