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Webster 1913 Edition
Polymer
Pol′y-mer
,Noun.
[See
Polymeric
.] (Chem.)
Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.
[Formerly also written polymere.]
Definition 2025
Polymer
Polymer
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See also: Polymer
English
Noun
polymer (plural polymers)
- (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.
- 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:
- Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
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Translations
molecule consisting of many identical monomers
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German
Adjective
polymer (not comparable)
Declension
Declension of polymer
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist polymer | sie ist polymer | es ist polymer | sie sind polymer | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | polymerer | polymere | polymeres | polymere |
| genitive | polymeren | polymerer | polymeren | polymerer | |
| dative | polymerem | polymerer | polymerem | polymeren | |
| accusative | polymeren | polymere | polymeres | polymere | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der polymere | die polymere | das polymere | die polymeren |
| genitive | des polymeren | der polymeren | des polymeren | der polymeren | |
| dative | dem polymeren | der polymeren | dem polymeren | den polymeren | |
| accusative | den polymeren | die polymere | das polymere | die polymeren | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein polymerer | eine polymere | ein polymeres | (keine) polymeren |
| genitive | eines polymeren | einer polymeren | eines polymeren | (keiner) polymeren | |
| dative | einem polymeren | einer polymeren | einem polymeren | (keinen) polymeren | |
| accusative | einen polymeren | eine polymere | ein polymeres | (keine) polymeren | |