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polymeric

polymeric

1 7.5
A material made of many small parts joined together in long chains
  • adjective
  • /ˌpɒlɪˈmɛrɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : polimérico
  • Many modern products utilize polymeric compounds for their strength and versatility.
  • polymeric material

And the different polymers will have principally A polymeric component that has a carbon carbon chain sequenced along.

Examples

  • Among them are hemp, steel wires, glass, carbon, and various polymeric fibers.

    Academic text (1999)
  • For applications that entail repetitive friction or great heat, a polymeric matrix is unsuitable.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The next important thing about this structure, as you look at it, there are several bonds joining the polymeric structure.

  • During the last 20 years, his research in damage produced by hygrothermal effects on polymeric composite materials has been unique.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Nanostructures such as particles and polymeric dendrimers could be designed as drug delivery systems.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Lookhart also developed a fast method for measuring the amount of insoluble polymeric protein.

    Academic text (1999)
  • One example of a commercial polymeric microfluidic device comes from Agilent Technologies in Palo Alto, Calif.

    Academic text (2005)
  • Polymeric materials can degrade by a variety of mechanisms (thermal, photochemical, hydrolytic) as well as by biodegradation.

    Academic text (2000)
  • Plating tanks are constructed with inert polymeric materials, and plating solutions are constantly filtered with micron- or submicron-sized particle filters.

    Academic text (1998)
  • The containers are made from polymeric materials that are flexible and durable.

Compounds

polymeric amide
  • Specialized
9.0

A long chemical like nylon made of many repeating parts joined by amide links

How Many

polymeric
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1 7.5
tetrameric
  • Specialized
9.2
trimeric
  • Specialized
9.5
dimeric
  • Specialized
8.1
monomeric
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8.5

Surface Forms

polymeric positive

Morphology

polymeric = polymer (transparent) = polymer + ic

Formed straightforwardly from the noun 'polymer' with the adjectival suffix '-ic', meaning 'relating to a polymer'.

Etymology

Polymeric comes from the parts poly- 'many' and -mer 'part', so it literally means 'made of many parts'. So, polymeric describes materials made of many joined parts — polymers, long chains of small building blocks, which is why the word means relating to or made of polymers.