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Atactic vs Isotactic - What's the difference?

atactic | isotactic |

As adjectives the difference between atactic and isotactic

is that atactic is of or pertaining to ataxia while isotactic is having substituents arranged in the same (rather than random) configuration in each repeat unit.

atactic

English

Adjective

(wikipedia atactic) (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Of or pertaining to ataxia
  • (chemistry) Describing any regular polymer or other macromolecule in which the orientation of the subunits is random

    • isotactic

    English

    Adjective

    (wikipedia isotactic) (en adjective)
  • (chemistry, of a polymer) Having substituents arranged in the same (rather than random) configuration in each repeat unit

    • Related terms

    * isotacticity / isotaxy

    See also

    * stereoregular * syndiotactic