polymeric
- adjective
- /ˌpɒlɪˈmɛrɪk/
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- 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.
- And the different polymers will have principally A polymeric component that has a carbon carbon chain sequenced along.
Examples
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Among them are hemp, steel wires, glass, carbon, and various polymeric fibers.
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For applications that entail repetitive friction or great heat, a polymeric matrix is unsuitable.
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The next important thing about this structure, as you look at it, there are several bonds joining the polymeric structure.
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During the last 20 years, his research in damage produced by hygrothermal effects on polymeric composite materials has been unique.
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Nanostructures such as particles and polymeric dendrimers could be designed as drug delivery systems.
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Lookhart also developed a fast method for measuring the amount of insoluble polymeric protein.
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One example of a commercial polymeric microfluidic device comes from Agilent Technologies in Palo Alto, Calif.
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Polymeric materials can degrade by a variety of mechanisms (thermal, photochemical, hydrolytic) as well as by biodegradation.
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Plating tanks are constructed with inert polymeric materials, and plating solutions are constantly filtered with micron- or submicron-sized particle filters.
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The containers are made from polymeric materials that are flexible and durable.
Compounds
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A long chemical like nylon made of many repeating parts joined by amide links
How Many
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Surface Forms
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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.