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nylon
nylon
See also: NYLON
English
Noun
nylon (countable and uncountable, plural nylons)
- Originally, the DuPont company trade name for polyamide, a copolymer whose molecules consist of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers bonded together; now generically used for this type of polymer.
- (plural only) A stocking originally fabricated from nylon; also used generically for any long, sheer stocking worn on a woman's legs.
- They left the strip club when they discovered the ladies only stripped down to their nylons.
Derived terms
- Bri-Nylon
- nylonase
- nylon-string guitar
Translations
substance
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sheer stocking
Anagrams
Czech
Noun
nylon m
- nylon (copolymer consisting of alternating diamine and dicarboxylic acid monomers)
Declension
Declension of nylon
Finnish
Noun
nylon
Declension
| Inflection of nylon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | nylon | nylonit | |
| genitive | nylonin | nylonien nyloneiden nyloneitten |
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| partitive | nylonia | nyloneita nyloneja |
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| illative | nyloniin | nyloneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | nylon | nylonit | |
| accusative | nom. | nylon | nylonit |
| gen. | nylonin | ||
| genitive | nylonin | nylonien nyloneiden nyloneitten |
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| partitive | nylonia | nyloneita nyloneja |
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| inessive | nylonissa | nyloneissa | |
| elative | nylonista | nyloneista | |
| illative | nyloniin | nyloneihin | |
| adessive | nylonilla | nyloneilla | |
| ablative | nylonilta | nyloneilta | |
| allative | nylonille | nyloneille | |
| essive | nylonina | nyloneina | |
| translative | nyloniksi | nyloneiksi | |
| instructive | — | nylonein | |
| abessive | nylonitta | nyloneitta | |
| comitative | — | nyloneineen | |