PET

See also: pet, pêt, pět, and Pet.

English

Noun

PET (countable and uncountable, plural PETs)

1. (uncountable, organic chemistry) Initialism of polyethylene terephthalate.
2. (countable) Acronym of positron emission tomography.
3. (countable, genetics) Acronym of paired-end tag.

Translations

polyethylene terephthalate — see polyethylene terephthalate

positron emission tomography — see positron emission tomography

See also

• Dacron
• Terylene

Anagrams

• EPT, PTE, Pte, TPE, Tep, ept

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French

Noun

PET m (plural PETs)

1. PET (“polyethylene terephthalate”); Abbreviation of polyéthylène téréphtalate.