(organic chemistry) The group of atoms that is derived from a monomer and repeats throughout a polymer. Also known as monomeric unit.
repeating unit
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 | monomer (organic chemistry) |
| polyether |
| nucleosome (cell and molecular biology) |
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- monomer (organic chemistry)
- polyether
- nucleosome (cell and molecular biology)
- uronic acid
- -mer (organic chemistry)
- polymer (in chemistry)
- Hyaluronic acid (biochemistry and molecular biology)
- Inorganic polymer
- Chevrel phases (solid state physics)
- Polymerization
- quasicrystal (in crystallography, physics, metallurgy)
- Crystal structure
- Poly (p-phenylene)
- Homology (chemistry)
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