Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A molecule that can combine with others to form a polymer.
Wiktionary
- n. chemistry A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Chem.) The basic conceptual building unit of a polymer; a molecule of low molecular weight which may combine with other molecules to form a molecule in a chain or branched form having high molecular weight.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers
Etymologies
- mono- + -mer (Wiktionary)
- mono- + (poly)mer. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A fliD-deficient mutant becomes non-motile because it lacks flagellar filaments and leaks flagellin monomer out into the medium.”
“The monomer is specific for every polymer and determines the name of the substance.”
“The manufacturing steps for Tedlar oriented film include producing vinyl fluoride (VF) monomer, which is converted into polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) polymer resins, and extruded into the Tedlar film.”
“The plant will be constructed within an existing Hexion manufacturing complex in Onsan to produce Cardura monomer, which is a glycidyl ester derivative of Versatic Acid 10.”
“The manufacturing steps for Tedlar film include producing vinyl fluoride (VF) monomer, which is converted into polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) polymer resins, and extruded into the Tedlar film.”
“BPA is a "monomer" that can be polymerized into polycarbonate plastic.”
“BPA is a "monomer" that is used in the chemical polymerization of polycarbonate.”
“This major expansion underscores our commitment to maintaining DuPont leadership in the photovoltaic industry and specifically in the backsheet materials market for manufacturing steps for Tedlar® oriented film include producing vinyl fluoride (VF) monomer, which is converted into polyvinyl fluoride (PVF) polymer resins, and extruded into the Tedlar® film.”
“PVC production requires vinyl chloride monomer (VCM), a dangerous explosive, and creates toxic waste, notably ethylene dichloride (EDC) tars—two things no neighborhood wants.”
“Put a million monomers together to form a polymer, and you can easily have an entity whose properties are not predictable from the properties of the monomer -- an entity with new properties of vast importance in chemistry, biology, physics, and technology.”
Dan Agin: Book Review: Giant Molecules: From Nylon to Nanotubes
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘monomer’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
abdominal, absorbent, accelerator, accumulator, acebutolol, acetamide, acetanilide, acetate, acetic acid, acetone, acetous, acetyl and 1171 more...
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medtech
terms found in documentation for implantable medical devices and IVD equip
distal, luer, stopcock, lumen, tortuosity, anneal, flouroscopy, radiopaque, distractor, toeing, tang, endoprosthesis and 177 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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The new favourite words of people on Twitter.
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Industrial
electrodeposition, photovoltaic, superconductivity, photoelectrochemical, gearhead, pig iron, cogeneration, capacitor, blast furnace slag, coaxial, daisy chaining, commutator and 93 more...
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