atactic

  • 1atactic — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary 2a + tactic Date: 1957 of, relating to, or being a polymer exhibiting no stereochemical regularity of structure < atactic polypropylene > compare isotactic …

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  • 2atactic macromolecule — ataktinė makromolekulė statusas T sritis chemija apibrėžtis Makromolekulė, kurios grandinės šoniniai pakaitai pagrindinės plokštumos atžvilgiu išsidėstę netaisyklingai. atitikmenys: angl. atactic macromolecule rus. атактическая макромолекула …

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  • 3atactic — /ay tak tik/, adj. Chem. (of a polymer) not stereospecific; lacking tacticity. [1955 60; A 6 + tactic, back formation from TACTICITY] * * * …

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  • 4atactic — adjective a) Of or pertaining to ataxia b) Describing any regular polymer or other macromolecule in which the orientation of the subunits is random …

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  • 5atactic — atac·tic ( )ā tak tik adj lacking regularity or coordination specif characterized by ataxia * * * atac·tic (&#601; takґtik) [Gr. ataktos irregular] lacking coordination; irregular; pertaining to or characterized by ataxia …

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  • 6atactic — a type of polymer chain configuration where side groups are randomly positioned on one side of the chain or the other …

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  • 7atactic — adj. suffering from ataxia (inability to coordinate muscular movement) …

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  • 8atactic — atac·tic …

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  • 9atactic — /əˈtæktɪk/ (say uh taktik) adjective 1. relating to or afflicted with ataxia. 2. Chemistry of a polymer, having substituent groups or atoms arranged randomly along the backbone of a polymer chain. Also, ataxic …

  • 10atactic —   a. asyntactic; irregular; pertaining to ataxy …

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