polymer

See also: Polymer

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined in 1833 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, although his definition was quite different from the modern one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.ɨ.mə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: poly‧mer

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.
2. 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.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• biopolymer
• inorganic polymer
• oligopolymer

• polymeric
• polymerize

Translations

molecule

• Armenian: պոլիմեր (hy) (polimer)
• Catalan: polímer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚合體／聚合体 (zh) (jùhétǐ), 聚合体 (zh) (jùhétǐ)

• Czech: polymer m
• Dutch: polymeer (nl) n
• Esperanto: polimero
• Estonian: polümeer
• Finnish: polymeeri (fi)
• French: polymère (fr)
• German: Polymer (de) n
• Greek: πολυμερές (el) n (polymerés)
• Icelandic: fjölliða f
• Italian: polimero (it) m
• Japanese: 重合体 (じゅうごうたい, jūgōtai), 高分子 (こうぶんし, kōbunshi)
• Kazakh: полимер (polimer)
• Malay: polimer
• Maori: waerau, waerau
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polymer m

  Nynorsk: polymer m

• Persian: بسپار (fa) (baspâr), پلیمر (fa) (polimer)
• Polish: polimer (pl) m
• Portuguese: polímero (pt) m
• Romanian: polimer (ro) m
• Russian: полиме́р (ru) m (polimér)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: полимер m

  Roman: polimer m

• Spanish: polímero (es) m
• Swedish: polymer (sv)
• Tagalog: damikay
• Thai: พอลิเมอร์
• Turkish: polimer (tr)
• Vietnamese: hợp chất cao phân tử

material

• Finnish: polymeeri (fi)
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See also

• dimer
• monomer
• oligomer
• trimer
• superpolymer

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Czech

Noun

1. polymer

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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German

Adjective

polymer (not comparable)

1. polymeric

Further reading

• “polymer” in Duden online

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From poly- +‎ Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerer, definite plural polymerene)

1. a polymer

Derived terms

• polymerisere

References

• “polymer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From poly- +‎ Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

Noun

polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerar, definite plural polymerane)

1. a polymer

Derived terms

• polymerisere

References

• “polymer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.