"polyethylene terephthalate" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-us-ncalif-polyethlenetrephthalate.ogg
Etymology: From polyethylene + terephthalate. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|polyethylene|terephthalate}} polyethylene + terephthalate Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} polyethylene terephthalate
  1. (organic chemistry) A thermoplastic resin of the polyester family used particularly in the manufacture of plastic bottles (PET) and fabrics (Terylene). Wikipedia link: polyethylene terephthalate Categories (topical): Organic compounds Synonyms: PET, PET-E, PETE, PET-P, PETP Derived forms: PETase Translations (type of polyester): politereftalat d'etilè [masculine] (Catalan), 聚對苯二甲酸乙二酯 (Chinese Mandarin), 聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯 (jùduìběn èrjiǎsuān yǐ'èrzhǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), polyethyleentereftalaat [neuter] (Dutch), polyetyleenitereftalaatti (Finnish), polytéréphtalate d’éthylène [masculine] (French), PET [masculine] (French), polyéthylène téréphtalate (French), Polyethylenterephthalat [neuter] (German), פוליאתילן טרפתאלט (polietilén tereftalát) [masculine] (Hebrew), polietilene tereftalato [masculine] (Italian), ポリエチレンテレフタラート (Japanese), PET (english: PET) (Japanese), полиэтиле́нтерефтала́т (polietiléntereftalát) [masculine] (Russian), ПЭТФ (PETF) [masculine] (Russian), ПЭТ (english: PET) [masculine] (Russian), tereftalato de polietileno [masculine] (Spanish), politereftalato de etileno [masculine] (Spanish), polietilen tereftalat (Turkish)

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