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Definition of: isosterism
(ī·sos′tər·iz′əm) noun Chem.
A similarity in the physical properties of certain compounds, radicals, and elements, due to their having the same number and arrangement of electrons.
—i·so·ster·ic (ī′sə·ster′ik) adjective
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