: a compound formed by the union of two radicals or two molecules of a simpler compound
specifically
: a polymer formed from two molecules of a monomer
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The veteran dimer is this franchise’s all-time leader in minutes, shots, assists and steals.
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The moonlight form of the protein can be created only from the darkness dimer — not from the free-floating sunlight form.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Cosmetic chemist Laura Lam-Phaure attributes the natural finish to dimer dilinoleyl dimer dilinoleate (say that just one time fast).
—Kara McGrath, Allure, 13 Oct. 2023
And each of those can pair with itself into a dimer.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
In fact, these molecules aren’t terribly choosy: Each BMP dimer may stick to several different pairs of receptor subunits with varying degrees of avidity.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Sep. 2021
In this study, business class did not differ significantly from economy class for development of an elevated D-dimer.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 July 2021
New York hospital doctors had seen a spike in D-dimer levels among their sickest patients.
—New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
In the early 1990s, Van Beek helped develop the D-dimer blood test that’s used around the world to monitor clot formation in patients, including those with Covid-19, and to dose them with heparin and other anticoagulant medications.
—Jason Gale, Fortune, 5 May 2020
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Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 May 2025
The moonlight form of the protein can be created only from the darkness dimer — not from the free-floating sunlight form.
—Elise Cutts, Quanta Magazine, 19 Dec. 2023
Cosmetic chemist Laura Lam-Phaure attributes the natural finish to dimer dilinoleyl dimer dilinoleate (say that just one time fast).
—Kara McGrath, Allure, 13 Oct. 2023
And each of those can pair with itself into a dimer.
—Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
In fact, these molecules aren’t terribly choosy: Each BMP dimer may stick to several different pairs of receptor subunits with varying degrees of avidity.
—Quanta Magazine, 16 Sep. 2021
In this study, business class did not differ significantly from economy class for development of an elevated D-dimer.
—Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 20 July 2021
New York hospital doctors had seen a spike in D-dimer levels among their sickest patients.
—New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021
In the early 1990s, Van Beek helped develop the D-dimer blood test that’s used around the world to monitor clot formation in patients, including those with Covid-19, and to dose them with heparin and other anticoagulant medications.
—Jason Gale, Fortune, 5 May 2020
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dimer
noun
di·mer
ˈdī-mər 
: a compound formed by the union of two radicals or two molecules of a simpler compound
specifically
: a polymer formed from two molecules of a monomer
dimerize
transitive verb
or British dimerise
dimerized or British dimerised; dimerizing or British dimerising
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