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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A chemical compound having the same molecular formula as another but a different geometric configuration, as when atoms or groups of atoms are attached in different spatial arrangements on either side of a bond or a ring.
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- noun chemistry either the
cis- ortrans- isomer of acompound thatexhibits geometric isomerism
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