"polymethylene" meaning in All languages combined

See polymethylene on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: polymethylenes [plural]
Etymology: poly- + methylene Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|poly|methylene}} poly- + methylene Head templates: {{en-noun}} polymethylene (plural polymethylenes)
  1. (obsolete, chemistry) Any organic compound having a general formula (CH₂)ₙ Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-polymethylene-en-noun-liOuVIu8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with poly- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with poly-: 59 41 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (chemistry, in combination) Any of many organic compounds either having a polymeric structure of repeating -CH₂- groups Tags: in-compounds Categories (topical): Chemistry
    Sense id: en-polymethylene-en-noun-cBt1cMRD Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: polyethylene, polymethene

Inflected forms

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