decamer

decamer

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Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥
Proto-Hellenic *dékə
Ancient Greek δέκᾰ (dékă)
Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς (-ắs)
Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás)der.
Late Latin decasder.
French déca-bor.
English deca-
English -mer
English decamer

    From deca- + -mer.

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    Noun

    decamer (plural decamers)

    1. An oligomer having ten subunits.
      Hypernyms: oligomer; molecule; compound
      Hyponyms: heterodecamer, homodecamer
      Coordinate terms: monomer, dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, septamer, octamer, nonamer; polymer
      • 2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE‎[1], →DOI:
        In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].

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