"polymer" meaning in English

See polymer in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈpɒl.ɨ.mə/ [UK], /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/ [US] Audio: en-us-polymer.ogg Forms: polymers [plural]
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. Etymology templates: {{confix|en|poly|mer}} poly- + -mer, {{der|en|grc|πολύς||many}} Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”), {{coin|en|Jöns Jacob Berzelius|in=1833|nobycat=1}} Coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1833 Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} polymer (countable and uncountable, plural polymers)
  1. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Organic chemistry, Polymer Translations (molecule): պոլիմեր (polimer) (Armenian), паліме́р (palimjér) [masculine] (Belarusian), polímer [masculine] (Catalan), 聚合體 (Chinese Mandarin), 聚合体 (jùhétǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), polymer [masculine] (Czech), polymeer [neuter] (Dutch), polimero (Esperanto), polümeer (Estonian), polymeeri (Finnish), polymère (French), Polymer [neuter] (German), πολυμερές (polymerés) [neuter] (Greek), polimer (Hungarian), fjölliða [feminine] (Icelandic), polimer (Indonesian), polimero [masculine] (Italian), 重合体 (jūgōtai) (alt: じゅうごうたい) (Japanese), 高分子 (kōbunshi) (alt: こうぶんし) (Japanese), полимер (polimer) (Kazakh), polimer (Malay), waerau (Maori), полимер (polimer) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), aloz (Northern Kurdish), polîmer (Northern Kurdish), molekula aloz [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), polymer [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), polymer [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), بسپار (baspâr) (Persian), پلیمر (polimer) (Persian), polimer [masculine] (Polish), polímero [masculine] (Portuguese), polimer [masculine] (Romanian), полиме́р (polimér) [masculine] (Russian), полимер [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), polimer [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), polímero [masculine] (Spanish), polima (Swahili), polymer (Swedish), damikay (Tagalog), พอลิเมอร์ (Thai), polimer (Turkish), поліме́р (polimér) [masculine] (Ukrainian), hợp chất cao phân tử (Vietnamese), polimer (Zazaki)
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  2. A material consisting of such polymer molecules. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (material): polymeeri (Finnish), polima (Swahili), polimerit (Zazaki)
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Related terms: multimer, plastic (english: many artificial polymers are plastics)

Inflected forms

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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "molecule",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "es",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "code": "sv",
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "molecule",
      "word": "damikay"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "molecule",
      "word": "พอลิเมอร์"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "molecule",
      "word": "hợp chất cao phân tử"
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      "code": "zza",
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      "sense": "molecule",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "material",
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      "code": "sw",
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      "sense": "material",
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}

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