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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]polymer (countable and uncountable, plural polymers)
- (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.
- A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
Hyponyms
[edit]- biopolymer
- block polymer
- copolymer
- exopolymer
- geopolymer
- glycopolymer
- graft polymer
- heteropolymer
- homopolymer
- hydropolymer
- hydroxypolymer
- hyperpolymer
- inorganic polymer
- interpolymer
- intrapolymer
- lipopolymer
- macropolymer
- metallopolymer
- micropolymer
- monopolymer
- multipolymer
- nanopolymer
- oligopolymer
- photopolymer
- piezopolymer
- ribopolymer
- star polymer
- stereospecific polymer
- technopolymer
- terpolymer
- thermopolymer
- tribopolymer
- tripolymer
Derived terms
[edit]- autopolymer
- azopolymer
- biopolymer
- bipolymer
- block polymer
- ceramer
- colestipol
- copolymer
- exopolymer
- fluoropolymer
- geopolymer
- glycopolymer
- graft polymer
- halato-telechelic polymer
- halfmer
- heteropolymer
- hexapolymer
- homopolymer
- hydropolymer
- hydroxypolymer
- hyperpolymer
- inorganic polymer
- interpolymer
- intrapolymer
- lipopolymer
- macropolymer
- metallopolymer
- micropolymer
- monopolymer
- multipolymer
- nanopolymer
- oligopolymer
- photopolymer
- piezopolymer
- polymerase
- polymeric
- polymerics
- polymeride
- polymerise
- polymerism
- polymerization
- polymerize
- polymerlike
- polymerogenic
- polymerone
- polymerous
- polymersome
- polyplex
- prepolymer
- ribopolymer
- silane-modified polymer
- star polymer
- stereospecific polymer
- superpolymer
- technopolymer
- terpolymer
- thermopolymer
- tribopolymer
- tripolymer
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]molecule
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See also
[edit]- plastic (many artificial polymers are plastics)
Czech
[edit]Noun
[edit]polymer m inan
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “polymer”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “polymer”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
German
[edit]Pronunciation
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Adjective
[edit]polymer (strong nominative masculine singular polymerer, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Positive forms of polymer (uncomparable)
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist polymer | sie ist polymer | es ist polymer | sie sind polymer | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | polymerer | polymere | polymeres | polymere |
genitive | polymeren | polymerer | polymeren | polymerer | |
dative | polymerem | polymerer | polymerem | polymeren | |
accusative | polymeren | polymere | polymeres | polymere | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der polymere | die polymere | das polymere | die polymeren |
genitive | des polymeren | der polymeren | des polymeren | der polymeren | |
dative | dem polymeren | der polymeren | dem polymeren | den polymeren | |
accusative | den polymeren | die polymere | das polymere | die polymeren | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein polymerer | eine polymere | ein polymeres | (keine) polymeren |
genitive | eines polymeren | einer polymeren | eines polymeren | (keiner) polymeren | |
dative | einem polymeren | einer polymeren | einem polymeren | (keinen) polymeren | |
accusative | einen polymeren | eine polymere | ein polymeres | (keine) polymeren |
Further reading
[edit]Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From poly- + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Noun
[edit]polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerer, definite plural polymerene)
- a polymer
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “polymer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From poly- + Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).
Noun
[edit]polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerar, definite plural polymerane)
- a polymer
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “polymer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
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