Polymer Definition

pŏlə-mər
polymers
noun
A naturally occurring or synthetic substance consisting of giant molecules formed from polymerization.
Webster's New World

(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.

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Other Word Forms of Polymer

Noun

Singular:
polymer
Plural:
polymers

Origin of Polymer

  • From Ancient Greek πολύς (poly, “many") + μέρος (meros, “part"). Coined in 1833 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, although his definition was quite different from ours.

    From Wiktionary

  • Greek polumerēs consisting of many parts polu- poly- meros part (s)mer-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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