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Trier vs Trimer - What's the difference?

trier | trimer |

As nouns the difference between trier and trimer

is that trier is one who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard while trimer is a molecule consisting of a chain of three parts, so called monomers. A trimer is formed by joining three identical molecules.

As a proper noun Trier

is a city in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, on the banks of the Moselle river.

trier

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • One who tries; one who makes experiments or examines anything by a test or standard.
  • (Boyle)
  • An instrument used for sampling something.
  • * 2009 , Stephanie Clark, ?Michael Costello, ?Floyd Bodyfelt, The Sensory Evaluation of Dairy Products (page 145)
  • The judge should grasp the butter trier firmly in hand and insert the sampling device as near as possible to the center of the butter sample.
  • One who tries judicially.
  • (legal) A person appointed by law to try challenges of jurors; a trior.
  • (Burrill)
  • (obsolete) That which tries or approves; a test.
  • (Shakespeare)

    Derived terms

    * trier of fact

    Anagrams

    * English agent nouns ----

    trimer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (chemistry) A molecule consisting of a chain of three parts, so called monomers. A trimer is formed by joining three identical molecules.
  • See also

    * monomer * dimer * tetramer * oligomer * polymer ----