Monosaccharide vs. Monomer

Monosaccharidenoun

(carbohydrate) A simple sugar such as glucose, fructose or deoxyribose that has a single ring.

Monosaccharidenoun

A simple sugar; any of a number of sugars (including the trioses, tetroses, pentoses, hexoses, etc.), not decomposable into simpler sugars by hydrolysis. Specif., as used by some, a hexose. The monosaccharides are all open-chain compounds containing hydroxyl groups and either an aldehyde group or a ketone group.

Monosaccharidenoun

a sugar (like sucrose or fructose) that does not hydrolyse to give other sugars; the simplest group of carbohydrates

Monosaccharide

Monosaccharides (from Greek monos: single, sacchar: sugar), also called simple sugars, are the simplest form of sugar and the most basic units (monomers) of carbohydrates. The general formula is CnH2nOn, or [Cn(H2O)n] or { CH2O}n albeit not all molecules fitting this formula (e.g.

Monomernoun

(chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer.

Monomernoun

The basic conceptual building unit of a polymer; a molecule of low molecular weight which may combine with other molecules to form a molecule in a chain or branched form having high molecular weight; as, amino acids are the monomer units which are combined to form proteins; vinylic plastics are formed from monomers having a vinyl group.

Monomernoun

a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers

Monomernoun

a molecule that can be bonded to other identical molecules to form a polymer.

Monomer

A monomer ( MON-ə-mər; mono-, + -mer, ) is a molecule that can react together with other monomer molecules to form a larger polymer chain or three-dimensional network in a process called polymerization.