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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units, each a relatively light and simple molecule.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. In chem., a compound which is polymeric with some other compound; a polymeride.

Wiktionary

  1. n. 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. n. A material consisting of such polymer molecules.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. (Chem.), Formerly also written polymere. Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

Etymologies

  1. From Ancient Greek πολύς (poly, "many") + μέρος (meros, "part"). Coined in 1833 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, although his definition was quite different from ours. (Wiktionary)
  2. Greek polumerēs, consisting of many parts : polu-, poly- + meros, part; see (s)mer-2 in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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hypernyms (2)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. compound
  1. chemical compound

hyponyms (15)

Words that are more specific

  1. polyamide
  2. polymeric amide
  3. lignin
  1. deoxyribonucleic acid
  2. silicone polymer
  3. copolymer
  1. desoxyribonucleic acid
  2. silicone
  3. DNA
  1. RNA
  2. polyurethane
  3. synthetic resin
  1. ribonucleic acid
  2. polyurethan
  3. trimer

same context (23)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. plastic
  2. polyester
  3. lubricant
  4. hydrocarbon
  1. fiber
  2. resin
  3. alloy
  4. fertilizer
  1. surfactants
  2. composite
  3. nylon
  4. carbon
  1. additive
  2. mineral
  3. cellulose
  4. rubber
  1. ceramic
  2. molecule
  3. gel
  4. silicon
  1. starch
  2. polyesters
  3. lipid

reverse dictionary (58)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. trimer
  2. copolymer
  3. lignin
  4. polyamide
  5. polymeric amide
  6. polyvinyl acetate
  7. polyvinyl chloride
  8. pva
  9. PVC
  10. ribonucleic acid
  11. RNA
  1. deoxyribonucleic acid
  2. desoxyribonucleic acid
  3. DNA
  4. bouncing putty
  5. polyurethane
  6. macromolecule
  7. paraformaldehyde
  8. poly-
  9. paraldehyde
  10. monomer
  11. oligonucleotide
  1. oligomer
  2. poly I:C
  3. cross-link
  4. spandex
  5. polyether
  6. polyadenylic acid
  7. modacrylic
  8. sequencer
  9. terpolymer
  10. tetramer
  11. sporopollenin
  1. nitrocellulose
  2. laminarin
  3. dendrimer
  4. epoxy
  5. peptidoglycan
  6. polystyrene
  7. polymeric
  8. polymerization
  9. polybutene
  10. polybutylene
  11. polymerisation
  1. polypropene
  2. polypropylene
  3. polyvinyl-formaldehyde
  4. sequenator
  5. backbone
  6. link
  7. sequence
  8. nucleic acid
  9. orb weaver
  10. plastic
  11. protein
  1. side chain
  2. decane
  3. metastyrolene

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