POLYMERIC

polymeric

(adjective) of or relating to or consisting of a polymer; “a polymeric compound”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

polymeric (comparative more polymeric, superlative most polymeric)

(chemistry) Of, relating to, or consisting of a polymer. Examples of such compounds include polyurethane foams, PVC foams, and styrofoam.

Anagrams

• coprimely, micropyle

Source: Wiktionary


Pol`y*mer"ic, a. Etym: [Poly- + Gr. (Chem.)

Definition: Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus, cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymeric with each other.

Note: The figures expressing the number of atoms of each element in a number of polymeric substances are respectively multiples and factors of each other, or have some simple common divisor. The relation may be merely a numerical one, as in the example given above, or a chemical one, as in the case of aldehyde, paraldehyde, and metaldehyde.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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