Polymer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units, each a relatively light and simple molecule.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
  • n. A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In chem., a compound which is polymeric with some other compound; a polymeride.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers
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    superpolymer    monomer    oligomer    dimer    trimer   
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    plastic    polyester    lubricant    hydrocarbon    fiber    resin    alloy    fertilizer    surfactants    composite