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homopolymer

homopolymer

1 9.0
A large chemical made by joining many of the same small parts
  • noun
  • /ˌhoʊməˈpɪləmər/
  • Specialized
: homopolímero
  • In materials science, understanding the behavior of a homopolymer provides insights into its applications in various industries.

Examples

  • "I wouldn't call them proteins because they're homopolymers and we don't know that they fold up into any interesting structures," Arnold says.

    Academic text (1993)

  • A homopolymer consists solely of repeating units of one type of monomer, such as polyethylene.

  • So all of these, let's, let's put this here to remind us these are homopolymer cartoons.

  • So that means homopolymer is favored over homopolymer over the Co polymer.

  • Ambiguous sequences, sequences with more than eight homopolymers, chimerical sequences, and sequences that differed in the primer or barcode sequence were removed.

    Academic text (2018)

  • Scientists often use homopolymers to study the properties of materials derived from a single type of monomer.

Synonyms

polymer
vshomopolymer
  • Specialized
36 6.3

A very large molecule made of many small repeated parts, like plastics or proteins

is the type made only from a single monomer unit

How Complex

terpolymer
  • Specialized
8.8
copolymer
  • Specialized
1 7.9
homopolymer
  • Specialized
1 9.0

Surface Forms

homopolymer singular
homopolymers plural

Morphology

homopolymer = polymer (transparent) = homo + polymer

The meaning is a direct composition of the prefix 'homo-' (same) and 'polymer' yielding 'a polymer of identical monomer units', which is straightforward for learners familiar with the components.

Etymology

Homopolymer comes from homo- 'same' and polymer 'many parts'. It means a long chain made of repeating parts that are all the same, so the name tells you it is made from only one type of building block.