dimeric, a.
(daɪˈmɛrɪk)
[f. Gr. διµερ-ής bipartite + -ic; in sense 2 formed directly on dimer.]
1. a. Zool. Bilateral; having a right and left side. b. Bot. = dimerous a. b.
| 1897 L. H. Bailey in Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 455 A comparison of bilateral or dimeric animals with rotate or polymeric animals. 1900 in B. D. Jackson Gloss. Bot. Terms 78 Dimeric, dimerous, with two members in each part or circle. |
2. Chem. That is a dimer; having a molecular formula in which the numbers of atoms are twice those for some other compounds.
| 1929 Jrnl. Amer. Chem. Soc. LI. 2553 The products of such reactions..have..been assumed to be dimeric (and cyclic) for no other reason than that they were obviously not monomeric. 1938 [see dimerize v.]. 1964 J. W. Linnett Electronic Struct. Molecules vii. 107 Dimerization to the tetrazane occurs..because, in the dimeric molecule, each of the nitrogen atoms has a formal charge of zero. |