On 18/06/2012, Tim Gruene <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > [...] >> of monomers is called a multimer, not a polymer. > [...] > shiver - what a terrible mixture of languages. 'multi-' has got latin > origin, whereas both poly and mer have got greek origin, and I don't > think one should mix these. Please!!! think of a different _GREEK_ > syllable to express what you describe as 'multimer'. > > Cheers, > Tim
Oligomer, surely, from Gk 'oligos' meaning 'a few'? -- Ian
