English word polymer comes from English poly- (Many. Polymer.), English -mer
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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poly- | English (en) | Many. Polymer. |
-mer | English (en) | (chemistry) Used to form words relating to chemical structure, denoting parts of a molecule, for example, monomer (one part), dimer (two parts), polymer (many parts). |
polymer | English (en) | (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.. A material consisting of such polymer molecules. |