chain

From Middle English cheyne, chaine, from Old French chaine, chaene (“chain”), from Latin catēna (“chain”), from Proto-Indo-European *kat- (“to braid, twist; hut, shed”). Doublet of catena.

der

a chain is only as strong as its weakest link

That chain of restaurants is expanding into our town.

A series of stores or businesses with the same brand name.

ցանց

We first find an approximation of the chain partition, i.e. a small but not minimum size set of chains which cover all elements of the poset.

2003, Jeremy P. Spinrad, Efficient Graph Representations, American Mathematical Society, page 108:

(mathematics, set theory, order theory) A totally ordered set, especially a totally ordered subset of a poset.


PPV

en-noun

PPV (countable and uncountable, plural PPVs)

polyphenylene vinylene
polyphenylene vinylene#English

(polymer) Initialism of polyphenylene vinylene.

positive pressure ventilation
positive pressure ventilation#English

(medicine, firefighting) Abbreviation of positive pressure ventilation.

(countable, by extension) A positive pressure ventilation machine, a PPV device

HFPPV

high frequency positive pressure ventilation

IPPV

intermittent positive pressure ventilation

NPPV

noninvasive positive pressure ventilation

NiPPV

non-invasive positive pressure ventilation


plastic

plastic (countable and uncountable, plural plastics)

→ Japanese: プラスチック (purasuchikku)

→ Korean: 플라스틱 (peullaseutik)

→ Swahili: plastiki

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσω (plássō, “to mold, form”). Doublet of plastique.

Plastics are energy-rich substances, which is why many of them burn so readily. Any organism that could unlock and use that energy would do well in the Anthropocene. Terrestrial bacteria and fungi which can manage this trick are already familiar to experts in the field. Dr Mincer and Dr Amaral-Zettler found evidence of them on their marine plastic, too.

2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

It's all about fast cars and cussing each other / but it doesn't matter cause I'm packing plastic / and that's what makes my life so fucking fantastic.

(colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.


plastic

en-adj

plastic (comparative more plastic, superlative most plastic)

more plastic (comparative)
most plastic (superlative)

A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.

1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

A green plastic watering can / For a fake Chinese rubber plant / In a fake plastic earth / That she bought from a rubber man / In a town full of rubber plans / To get rid of itself

1995, Radiohead (lyrics and music), “Fake Plastic Trees”, in The Bends:

The Hippie has been replaced by the pseudo-Hippie, the plastic Hippie, the weekend Hippie

1969, Lowell D. Streiker, The gospel of irreligious religion, page 83:

People always try to say that we're garage rock, but that scene is so plastic. Some dude in a band has tight jeans, dyed black hair, and a starving girlfriend with bangs, and people call it indie rock. It's so gross.

2007, Daniel Sinker, We owe you nothing: Punk Planet: the collected interviews, page 238:

Frustrated by a globalized music industry force-feeding them plastic pop music, hackers, remixers, and activists began to mobilize...

2008, Matt James Mason, The pirate's dilemma: how youth culture is reinventing capitalism:

(figurative, derogatory) Inferior or not the real thing.


plastic

Borrowed from English plastic. Doublet of plastique.


plastic

ro-adj

plastic m or n (feminine singular plastică, masculine plural plastici, feminine and neuter plural plastice)

plastică (feminine singular)
plastici (masculine plural)
plastice (feminine neuter plural)
plastic (indefinite masculine neuter singular)
plastică (feminine indefinite singular)
plastici (indefinite masculine plural)
plastice (feminine indefinite neuter plural)
plasticul (definite masculine neuter singular)
plastica (definite feminine singular)
plasticii (definite masculine plural)
plasticele (definite feminine neuter plural)
plastice (feminine indefinite singular)
plasticului (definite masculine neuter singular)
plasticei (definite feminine singular)
plasticilor (definite masculine plural)
plasticelor (definite feminine neuter plural)


vulcanize

en-verb

vulcanize (third-person singular simple present vulcanizes, present participle vulcanizing, simple past and past participle vulcanized)

vulcanizes (present singular third-person)
vulcanizing (participle present)
vulcanized (participle past)
vulcanized (past)

(transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable.


flocculation

en-noun

flocculation (countable and uncountable, plural flocculations)

/ˌflɒkjʊˈlɛɪ̯ʃən/

Repeated use of this type of [water] on plants results in deflocculation[] of the soil. Good quality soil consists of loose aggregates which provide natural aeration and ease of root run. Sodium accumulation in soil destroys this natural flocculation and causes the soil to pack.

1972 November 5, Joan Lee Faust, “AROUND THE Garden”, in The New York Times:

It might seem that Mr. Holl, whose initial sketches are glorious watercolors, was an unlikely candidate for a job that is all about hydrodynamics. But he credits much of his inspiration to repeated meetings with engineers -- as many as 30 at a time -- to discuss topics like "flocculation" (the process by which particles form coagulated masses, or flocs).

2005 February 27, Fred A. Bernstein, “In My Backyard, Please: The Infrastructure Beautiful Movement”, in The New York Times:

(physical chemistry) A condition in which clays, polymers or other small charged particles become attached and form a fragile structure, a floc.


viscose

viscose (countable and uncountable, plural viscoses)

From Latin viscōsus, from viscum (“birdlime”). Doublet of viscous.

A viscous orange-brown liquid obtained by chemical treatment of cellulose and used as the basis of manufacturing rayon and cellulose film.


monomer

The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH.

2000 October 1, Suda Kiatkamjornwong, Wararuk Chomsaksakul, Manit Sonsuk, “Radiation modification of water absorption of cassava starch by acrylic acid/acrylamide”, in Radiation Physics and Chemistry, volume 59, number 4, →DOI, page 423:

Nothing at all in the German fridge, so new that its interior smells only of cold and long-chain monomers.

2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 1:

In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].

2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

(chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.

մոնոմեր

small molecule, bonded covalently to form polymers


polymer

polymer (countable and uncountable, plural polymers)

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.

(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.


polysaccharide

Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.

(biochemistry) A polymer made of many saccharide units linked by glycosidic bonds.


cellulose

cellulose (countable and uncountable, plural celluloses)

A complex carbohydrate that forms the main constituent of the cell wall in most plants and is important in the manufacture of numerous products, such as paper, textiles, pharmaceuticals, and explosives.

(biochemistry) A polysaccharide containing many glucose units in parallel chains.


rayon

rayon (countable and uncountable, plural rayons)

Name chosen by the National Retail Dry Goods Association of America, probably from French rayon (“beam of light, ray”) and so called because it is shiny; however, the Oxford English Dictionary states that it is apparently a blend of ray + cotton.

A manufactured regenerated cellulosic fiber.


macromolecule

Beadle discovered that genes carried instructions to build proteins—complex, multidimensional macromolecules that were the workhorses of the cell.

2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 345:

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A very large molecule, especially used in reference to large biological polymers (e.g. nucleic acids and proteins).


polymerase

(biochemistry) Any of various enzymes that catalyze the formation of polymers of DNA or RNA using an existing strand of RNA or DNA respectively as a template.

聚合酶

enzyme that catalyses the formation of polymers


metaphosphoric acid

metaphosphoric acid (plural metaphosphoric acids)

(inorganic chemistry) an anhydrous form of phosphoric acid that exists as a polymeric glassy solid, (HPO₃)ₙ; used as a drying agent and in dental cement


polymerize

en-verb

polymerize (third-person singular simple present polymerizes, present participle polymerizing, simple past and past participle polymerized)

polymerizes (present singular third-person)
polymerizing (participle present)
polymerized (participle past)
polymerized (past)

/ˈpɒlɨməɹʌɪz/

/ˈpɑləməˌɹaɪz/

(transitive) (organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization.


polymerization

en-noun

polymerization (countable and uncountable, plural polymerizations)

(organic chemistry) The chemical process, normally with the aid of a catalyst, to form a polymer by bonding together multiple identical units (monomers).


CPA

CPA (countable and uncountable, plural CPAs)

certified public accountant
certified public accountant#English

(US, Philippines, accounting) Initialism of certified public accountant.

cyproterone acetate
cyproterone acetate#English

(organic chemistry, pharmacology) Abbreviation of cyproterone acetate.

Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Christian Palestinian Aramaic#English

(Semitistics) Abbreviation of Christian Palestinian Aramaic.

chosen-plaintext attack
chosen-plaintext attack#English

(computer security) Abbreviation of chosen-plaintext attack.


ataxia

ataxia (countable and uncountable, plural ataxias)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀταξία (ataxía, “disorder”), derived from ἄτακτος (átaktos, “disorderly”).

bor+

Cerebellar dysfunction is characterized by truncal ataxia, a broad-based stance, dysmetria in which the limbs either overstep (hypermetria) or understep (hypometria), and tremor that is most pronounced when the animal attempts a goal-orientated movement (intention tremor).

2004, Johnny D. Hoskins, Geriatrics and Gerontology of the Dog and Cat, →ISBN, page 358:

(pathology) Lack of coordination while performing voluntary movements, which may appear to be clumsiness, inaccuracy, or instability.

(physical chemistry, organic chemistry) The condition of a polymer in which the orientation of the subunits is random


biopolymer

Coordinate term: biometal

There are three main classes of biopolymers: polynucleotides (such as RNA and DNA), polypeptides (such as collagen and actin), and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch).

Products based on durable biopolymers have begun appearing in the marketplace.

2007 March 21, Susan Moran, “The new bioplastics, more than just forks”, in The New York Times:

CJ Biomaterials was the first company in the world to produce amorphous PHA, it says, which is a softer, rubberier version of PHA that offers fundamentally different performance characteristics than crystalline or semi-crystalline forms of the biopolymer.

2023 June 29, Mike Edwards, “Collaboration leads to eco-friendly straw made with polyhydroxyalkanoate”, in CPECN:

(biochemistry) Any macromolecule of a living organism that is formed from the polymerization of smaller entities; a polymer that occurs in a living organism or results from life.


catenation

en-noun

catenation (countable and uncountable, plural catenations)

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-catenation.wav

(chemistry) The ability of a few elements, most especially carbon, to yield chains and rings by forming covalent bonds with atoms of the same element.


aluminoxane

organometallic compound
organometallic compound

(organic chemistry) a class of organometallic compounds of aluminium having general formula R₂Al-O-AlR₂; they are used as catalysts in the polymerization of epoxides and oxetanes to form polyether elastomers.


Vandenberg catalyst

Vandenberg catalyst (plural Vandenberg catalysts)

From Edwin J. Vandenberg, American chemist.

(organic chemistry) An aluminoxane, prepared from an alkyl-aluminium and water, used as a catalyst in the manufacture of polyether elastomers.


sulfur nitride

(inorganic chemistry) an inorganic polymer, [SN]ₙ, that has metallic properties


nanotube

Shortening of carbon nanotube; A carbon molecule, in the shape of a tube, having a fullerene structure and a diameter of about 1 or 2 nanometers.


repeat unit

(genetics) A specific sequence of bases that repeats within a nucleic acid (or of amino acids within a protein)


Maillard reaction

Maillard reaction (plural Maillard reactions)

/maɪˈjɑː(ɹ)ɹiˈækʃən/

Named after French physician and chemist Louis Camille Maillard, 1912.

named-after

If the surface temperature exceeds the boiling point, as it does during grilling and frying, the Maillard reactions produce typical roasted, browned aromas.

2004, Harold McGee, chapter 4, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

condensation reaction
condensation reaction

(organic chemistry) The condensation reaction of an amino acid and a reducing sugar, followed by polymerization to form brown pigments - melanoidins; one of the causes of browning during cooking.


block copolymer

en-noun

block copolymer (plural block copolymers)

A copolymer that is a block polymer - adjacent blocks being multiples of different monomers


block polymer

(organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A polymer which is a block macromolecule.


copolymer

Coordinate term: pseudocopolymer

(chemistry) A polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.


dendrimer

(organic chemistry) Any polymer or oligomer having multiple branches of atoms strung off a central spine.


homopolymer

Coordinate term: pseudocopolymer

(chemistry) a polymer formed from a single type of monomer.


mucopolysaccharide

(organic chemistry) Any polysaccharide consisting of alternating units of uronic acids and glycosamines, sometimes esterified with sulfuric acid.


star macromolecule

star macromolecule (plural star macromolecules)

(organic chemistry, physical chemistry) A macromolecule having a single branch point from which linear chains (or arms) emanate.


regular star macromolecule

regular star macromolecule (plural regular star macromolecules)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) a star macromolecule having identical arms


variegated star macromolecule

variegated star macromolecule (plural variegated star macromolecules)

(organic chemistry, biochemistry) A star macromolecule having arms composed of different types or numbers of monomers.


stereospecific catalyst

stereospecific catalyst (plural stereospecific catalysts)

(physical chemistry) a catalyst that preferentially catalyzes the formation of one of a pair of stereoisomers, or one of a set of stereoisomeric polymers


stereospecificity

stereospecificity (countable and uncountable, plural stereospecificities)

(organic chemistry, physical chemistry) The property of a polymer that has a specific spatial arrangement of its constituent atoms.


polyphenylene vinylene

rigid-rod polymer host
rigid-rod polymer host

organic light-emitting diode
organic light-emitting diode

A conducting polymer of the rigid-rod polymer host family, used in polymer-based organic light-emitting diodes. Abbreviation: PPV


polyacrylic acid

polyacrylic acid (plural polyacrylic acids)

(organic chemistry) Any polymer of acrylic acid


polyacrylate

(organic chemistry) Any polymer of acrylic acid or its esters or salts


polydisperse

en-adj

polydisperse (comparative more polydisperse, superlative most polydisperse)

more polydisperse (comparative)
most polydisperse (superlative)

(of a polymer, proscribed) Synonym of nonuniform (“composed of macromolecular species of differing molar masses”)


polybenzimidazole

diphenyl isophthalate
diphenyl isophthalate

(organic chemistry) a polymer, containing imidazole repeat units, prepared from tetraaminobiphenyl and diphenyl isophthalate; it does not melt or ignite, so is used in fire-resistant materials


polydioxanone

(organic chemistry) A biodegradable plastic made by the polymerization of p-dioxanone; it is used in medical applications such as sutures


bioplastic

Coordinate term: biopolymer

A bioplastic can be defined as a polymer that is manufactured into a commercial product from a natural source or renewable resource. A bioplastic can be biodegradable, but a biodegradable plastic does not mean the material was derived fully or in part from a biological source.

2012, Alfred Rudin, Phillip Choi, The Elements of Polymer Science and Engineering, Academic Press, →ISBN, page 521:

en:synthetic polymer made from renewable biomass

Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum.


depolymerization

(organic chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments


plastica

From the adjective plastico (“plastic”), from Latin plasticus (“pertaining to moulding/molding or shaping”).


플라스틱

[pʰɯɭɭa̠sʰɯtʰik̚]


プラスチック

plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)


plástico

pt-adj

plástico (feminine plástica, masculine plural plásticos, feminine plural plásticas)

plástica (feminine)
plásticos (masculine plural)
plásticas (feminine plural)

From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).


nonuniform

(of a polymer) Composed of macromolecular species of differing molar masses.


polycatenane

(organic chemistry) Any polymer containing a number of monomers linked in the fashion of a catenane.


peptidoglycan

A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls


comonomer

(chemistry) Any of a group of monomers that, when polymerized, form a copolymer


isotactic

(physical chemistry, of a polymer) Having substituents arranged in the same (rather than random) configuration in each repeat unit


polyuronide

(organic chemistry) Any polysaccharide consisting of uronic acid residues, with or without other monosaccharides.


copolymerization

The polymerization of multiple monomers to form a copolymer


anticlined

en-adj

anticlined (comparative more anticlined, superlative most anticlined)

more anticlined (comparative)
most anticlined (superlative)

(organic chemistry, physical chemistry) Describing two equivalent chains of a crystalline polymer having opposite orientation


atactic

atactic (comparative more atactic, superlative most atactic)

more atactic (comparative)
most atactic (superlative)

(chemistry) Describing any regular polymer or other macromolecule in which the orientation of the subunits is random.


diisotactic

diisotactic (comparative more diisotactic, superlative most diisotactic)

more diisotactic (comparative)
most diisotactic (superlative)

(physical chemistry) Describing an isotactic polymer having two chiral atoms in its repeat unit


heterotactic

heterotactic (comparative more heterotactic, superlative most heterotactic)

more heterotactic (comparative)
most heterotactic (superlative)

(physical chemistry, of a polymer) Having substituents arranged in a random configuration in each repeat unit


hyaluronic acid

(organic chemistry) A mucopolysaccharide (a kind of polymer) that forms a gel-like substance within animal connective tissue.


dendron

en-noun

dendron (plural dendrons or (uncommon) dendra)

dendrons (plural)
dendra (plural uncommon)

Coined from dendrite by E. A. Schäfer in 1893, by analogy with neuron.

(organic chemistry) A section of a dendrimer that includes the central atom or group.


PVP

polyvinyl pyrrolidone
polyvinyl pyrrolidone#English

(polymers) Initialism of polyvinyl pyrrolidone.


chlorosulfonated polyethylene

chlorosulfonated polyethylene (countable and uncountable, plural chlorosulfonated polyethylenes)

(organic chemistry) A synthetic, rubber-like thermoset material, based on high molecular with polyethylene with sulphonyl chloride, usually formulated to produce a self-vulcanizing membrane.


polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (plural polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanates)

(organic chemistry) organic chemical compound having more than two reactive isocyanate groups; component A in spray polyurethane foam.


polymeric

en-adj

polymeric (comparative more polymeric, superlative most polymeric)

more polymeric (comparative)
most polymeric (superlative)

/ˌpɒlɪˈmɛɹɪk/

(organic chemistry) Of, relating to, or consisting of a polymer. Examples of such compounds include polyurethane foams, PVC foams, and styrofoam.


plastik

pl-noun

plastik m inan (related adjective plastikowy)

plastikowy (adjective)
plastik (nominative singular)
plastiki (nominative plural)
plastiku (genitive singular)
plastików (genitive plural)
plastikowi (dative singular)
plastikom (dative plural)
plastik (accusative singular)
plastiki (accusative plural)
plastikiem (instrumental singular)
plastikami (instrumental plural)
plastiku (locative singular)
plastikach (locative plural)
plastiku (singular vocative)
plastiki (plural vocative)

(countable) plastic (synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting)


tetramerization

(organic chemistry) polymerization to form a tetramer


cyclorelease

(organic chemistry) Any reaction involving concomitant cyclization and cleavage of a molecule bound to a polymer etc.


copolymerize

en-verb

copolymerize (third-person singular simple present copolymerizes, present participle copolymerizing, simple past and past participle copolymerized)

copolymerizes (present singular third-person)
copolymerizing (participle present)
copolymerized (participle past)
copolymerized (past)

(chemistry) To polymerize so as to form a copolymer


didendron

(organic chemistry) A dendrimer containing two dendrons


cyclodimerize

cyclodimerize (third-person singular simple present cyclodimerizes, present participle cyclodimerizing, simple past and past participle cyclodimerized)

cyclodimerizes (present singular third-person)
cyclodimerizing (participle present)
cyclodimerized (participle past)
cyclodimerized (past)

(organic chemistry) To convert into a cyclodimer


electropolymerized

(chemistry) polymerized under the influence of an electric current


cyclotetramerize

cyclotetramerize (third-person singular simple present cyclotetramerizes, present participle cyclotetramerizing, simple past and past participle cyclotetramerized)

cyclotetramerizes (present singular third-person)
cyclotetramerizing (participle present)
cyclotetramerized (participle past)
cyclotetramerized (past)

(organic chemistry) To convert into a cyclotetramer


cyclotrimerize

cyclotrimerize (third-person singular simple present cyclotrimerizes, present participle cyclotrimerizing, simple past and past participle cyclotrimerized)

cyclotrimerizes (present singular third-person)
cyclotrimerizing (participle present)
cyclotrimerized (participle past)
cyclotrimerized (past)

(organic chemistry) To convert into a cyclotrimer


cyclotetramer

(organic chemistry) Any cyclomer (cyclic polymer) formed from four monomers


cyclomerize

cyclomerize (third-person singular simple present cyclomerizes, present participle cyclomerizing, simple past and past participle cyclomerized)

cyclomerizes (present singular third-person)
cyclomerizing (participle present)
cyclomerized (participle past)
cyclomerized (past)

(organic chemistry) To convert into a cyclomer


electropolymerization

en-noun

electropolymerization (countable and uncountable, plural electropolymerizations)

(chemistry) Polymerization under the influence of an electric current.


metavanadate

(inorganic chemistry) The polymeric oxyanion of vanadium [VO₃⁻]ₙ; any salt containing this anion


ポリエチレン

[po̞ɾʲie̞t͡ɕiɾẽ̞ɴ]

Internationalism; see English polyethylene.


plastiki

sw-noun

plastiki class IX (plural plastiki class X)

plastiki class IX (canonical)
plastiki class X (plural)


addition polymerization

en-noun

addition polymerization (plural addition polymerizations)

(chemistry) A form of polymerization in which copies of a monomer are repeatedly added to one end of an existing polymer.


PBI

Plant Breeding Institute
w:Plant Breeding Institute

Initialism of Plant Breeding Institute - a founding unit of the John Innes Centre


PBI

(organic chemistry) Acronym of polybenzimidazole.


colophene

colophene (countable and uncountable, plural colophenes)

(chemistry) A colorless oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony, and regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene.


plàstic

Borrowed from Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).


microplastic

en-noun

microplastic (countable and uncountable, plural microplastics)

Huge amounts of plastic waste are dumped in the environment and microplastics now contaminate the entire planet, from the summit of Mount Everest to the deepest oceans.

2022 March 24, Damian Carrington, “Microplastics found in human blood for first time”, in The Guardian:

Sailors testing the waters during the Ocean Race, which travels through some of the world’s most remote ocean environments, have found microplastics in every sample.

2023 June 5, Yvonne Gordon, “Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race”, in The Guardian:

Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.


mesoplastic

mesoplastic (countable and uncountable, plural mesoplastics)

particles of plastic found especially in the marine environment (typically about 10 mm)


macroplastic

macroplastic (countable and uncountable, plural macroplastics)

Relatively large particles of plastic found especially in the marine environment (typically more than about 5 mm)


plastisphere

From plastic + -sphere, analogous to biosphere. Coined by American biologist Linda Amaral-Zettler.

coin

Welcome to the plastisphere

2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

(The Plastisphere is one of the many industrial-natural ecosystems that characterize the Anthropocene.) Cleaning ocean plastics, even if it were technologically possible on a scale that would make a difference, would disrupt and destroy the life we would be trying to save in the first place.

2014, Marina Zurkow, The Petroleum Manga, punctum books, →DOI, →ISBN, page 24:

Freshwater and marine habitats share a number of features, but there are also differences between them that may affect the development and activities of plastisphere consortia.

2017, Martin Wagner, Scott Lambert, Freshwater Microplastics: Emerging Environmental Contaminants?, Springer, →ISBN, page 183:

(ecology) The ecosystem on the surface of a piece of plastic (especially in a marine environment).


polymerics

The science and technology of the production of polymers


degree of polymerization

en-noun

degree of polymerization (plural degrees of polymerization)

(organic chemistry) The number of monomeric units in a macromolecule or polymer or oligomer molecule.


electropolymerize

en-verb

electropolymerize (third-person singular simple present electropolymerizes, present participle electropolymerizing, simple past and past participle electropolymerized)

electropolymerizes (present singular third-person)
electropolymerizing (participle present)
electropolymerized (participle past)
electropolymerized (past)

(chemistry) To polymerize electrochemically


stereodefect

(physical chemistry) A heterotactic part of an otherwise isotactic polymer molecule


nanoplastic

A nanoparticle formed by the degradation of a plastic.


pyroplastic

Burned pieces of waste plastic that are present as a type of pollution in the environment.


sandarusi

sw-noun

sandarusi class IX (plural sandarusi class X)

sandarusi class IX (canonical)
sandarusi class X (plural)

Borrowed from Arabic سَنْدَرُوس (sandarūs).

bor+

the resin from East African copal (Hymenaea verrucosa)


PAA

en-noun

PAA (countable and uncountable, plural PAAs)

polyacrylic acid
polyacrylic acid#English

(organic chemistry) Initialism of polyacrylic acid.


megaplastic

megaplastic (countable and uncountable, plural megaplastics)

Particles or pieces of waste plastic above 50 cm (19.69 in) in size, a common marine pollutant.


monotrimer

(chemistry) A single trimer that typically occurs in polymeric forms


plasticard

Your right, plasticard is just another word for those thin sheets of polystyrene model kits are made from.

1996 April 22, Ron Kruger, “Modeling: What is Plasticard?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:

I was looking at the TerraGenesis pages on terrain building (which by the way are great) when a question occured^([sic]) to me. What the heck is plasticard exactly and where do you get it? I mean, is plasticard one of those British (no disrespect intended) terms which us Americans can't understand (ie. PVA glue = Elmer's white glue)or am I just missing something very basic?

1997 October 9, Paul and Kristin Shoemaker, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:

Plasticard is simply polystyrene plastic . . same stuff that is used in all those model cars and planes.

1997 October 10, DBurgerOTR, “plasticard???”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:

Two questions
1. Where is a good place to get plasticard and
2. what is the approximate price

2003 December 18, Danimal, “[MODEL]Plasticard”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet), retrieved 2022-02-21:

Thin polystyrene sheets used in arts and crafts.


polymeric sand

(construction) A mixture of fine-grained sand and binding additives, used to fill the space between pavers.


petroplastic

A plastic produced from petroleum, as opposed to bioplastic.


dendronize

en-verb

dendronize (third-person singular simple present dendronizes, present participle dendronizing, simple past and past participle dendronized)

dendronizes (present singular third-person)
dendronizing (participle present)
dendronized (participle past)
dendronized (past)

(organic chemistry) To produce dendritic macromolecules from a substrate.


kwas hialuronowy

kwas hialuronowy (nominative singular)
kwasu hialuronowego (genitive singular)
kwasowi hialuronowemu (dative singular)
kwas hialuronowy (accusative singular)
kwasem hialuronowym (instrumental singular)
kwasie hialuronowym (locative singular)
kwasie hialuronowy (singular vocative)

Internationalism; compare English hyaluronic acid, Italian acido ialuronico, Russian гиалуро́новая кислота́ (gialurónovaja kislotá). Literally, “hyaluronic acid”.

cog

гиалуро́новая кислота́

(organic chemistry) hyaluronic acid (mucopolysaccharide (a kind of polymer) that forms a gel-like substance within animal connective tissue)


tworzywo sztuczne

tworzywo sztuczne (nominative singular)
tworzywa sztuczne (nominative plural)
tworzywa sztucznego (genitive singular)
tworzyw sztucznych (genitive plural)
tworzywu sztucznemu (dative singular)
tworzywom sztucznym (dative plural)
tworzywo sztuczne (accusative singular)
tworzywa sztuczne (accusative plural)
tworzywem sztucznym (instrumental singular)
tworzywami sztucznymi (instrumental plural)
tworzywie sztucznym (locative singular)
tworzywach sztucznych (locative plural)
tworzywo sztuczne (singular vocative)
tworzywa sztuczne (plural vocative)

(idiomatic) plastic (synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting)


chất dẻo

[t͡ɕət̚˧˦ zɛw˧˩]

[t͡ɕək̚˦˧˥ jɛw˧˨]

[cək̚˦˥ jɛw˨˩˦]


polisakarida

Fron Dutch polysacharide, from French polysaccharide. Analyzed as poli- + sakarida


selulosa

sèlulosa (canonical)
selulosa-selulosa (plural)

Fron Dutch cellulose, from French cellulose.


нитрон

ru-noun+

нитро́н • (nitrón) m inan (genitive нитро́на, nominative plural нитро́ны, genitive plural нитро́нов, relational adjective нитро́новый)

нитро́н (canonical)
nitrón (romanization)
нитро́на (genitive)
нитро́ны (nominative plural)
нитро́нов (genitive plural)
нитро́новый (adjective relational)
нитро́н (nominative singular)
нитро́ны (nominative plural)
нитро́на (genitive singular)
нитро́нов (genitive plural)
нитро́ну (dative singular)
нитро́нам (dative plural)
нитро́н (accusative singular)
нитро́ны (accusative plural)
нитро́ном (instrumental singular)
нитро́нами (instrumental plural)
нитро́не (prepositional singular)
нитро́нах (plural prepositional)