1. (chemistry) one of two or more compounds that have the same atoms, but in different arrangements

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2. (physics) one of two or more nuclei that have the same atomic number, but different energy states
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from Greek isomerÄ“s ‘sharing equally’, from isos ‘equal’ + meros ‘a share’.

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