English Online Dictionary. What means polymer? What does polymer mean?
English
Etymology
From poly- + -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1833, though his definition was quite different from the modern one.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒl.ɨ.mə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/
- Hyphenation: poly‧mer
Noun
polymer (countable and uncountable, plural polymers)
- (organic chemistry) 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.
- Hypernyms: molecule; compound
- Coordinate terms: monomer; oligomer; dimer, trimer, tetramer, pentamer, hexamer, heptamer, septamer, octamer, nonamer, decamer (etc, n+1)
- A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
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Czech
Noun
polymer m inan
- polymer
Declension
Further reading
- “polymer”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “polymer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
polymer (strong nominative masculine singular polymerer, not comparable)
- polymeric
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Further reading
- “polymer” in Duden online
- “polymer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From poly- + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Noun
polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerer, definite plural polymerene)
- a polymer
Derived terms
- polymerisere
References
- “polymer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From poly- + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Noun
polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerar, definite plural polymerane)
- a polymer
Derived terms
- polymerisere
References
- “polymer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.