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Isomeric vs Pinite - What's the difference?

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In chemistry|lang=en terms the difference between isomeric and pinite

is that isomeric is (chemistry) exhibiting isomerism while pinite is (chemistry) a sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.

As an adjective isomeric

is (chemistry|physics) being an isomer.

As a noun pinite is

any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family or pinite can be (mineralogy) a compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color it is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.

isomeric

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (chemistry, physics) Being an isomer.
  • (chemistry) Exhibiting isomerism.
  • pinite

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • Any fossil wood which exhibits traces of having belonged to the pine family.
  • (chemistry) A sweet white crystalline substance extracted from the gum of a species of pine (, sugar pine), isomeric with quercite.
  • Etymology 2

    , after a mine in Saxony.

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (mineralogy) A compact granular cryptocrystalline mineral of a dull grayish or greenish white color. It is a hydrous alkaline silicate, and is derived from the alteration of other minerals, such as iolite.
  • (Webster 1913) ----