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- noun A polymer containing repeated amide groups, as in various kinds of nylon.
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- noun chemistry Any of a range of
polymers containingamide (orpeptide )repeat units ; examples includeproteins andnylon
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- noun a polymer containing repeated amide groups
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Examples
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Nylon is sometimes called polyamide or polyamid, especially on yarn labels from foreign countries.
A Passion for Knitting Nancy J. Thomas 2002
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Editor's Note: Nylon, which was discovered in the 1930s by DuPont, is commonly called polyamide in Europe
All DN headlines 2009
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"(It) is rarely made up of 100 percent cotton like French handmade lace, and is supplemented with chemicals such as polyamide, which produces cheaper thread," she said.
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The Hammer and Song, Peter Macapia fabricated with polyamide through fusion
Steven Mesler: I Heart NYC: 5 Design Hotspots In The City 2010
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The Hammer and Song, Peter Macapia fabricated with polyamide through fusion
Steven Mesler: I Heart NYC: 5 Design Hotspots In The City 2010
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The stools are made from recyclable plastic and wrapped with polyamide-jersey base cloth which is both waterproof and UV resistant.
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The Hammer and Song, Peter Macapia fabricated with polyamide through fusion
Steven Mesler: I Heart NYC: 5 Design Hotspots In The City 2010
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When refracted through the translucency of the polyamide petals, the LEDs produce lovely patterns and variances of light.
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Mr. Collins took issue with an inventive but poorly executed Comme des Garçons for H&M asymmetrical skirt ($79) made of boiled wool, cotton and polyamide.
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Alessi's rounded, stainless-steel penguin teapot (Marcuse, 617-932-9444. $190) also has legs, little green polyamide ones, on which it seems to perch expectantly.
alexz commented on the word polyamide
Polyamide is a high temperature plastic. It's used in flexible printed circuits such as the gold coloured ribbon in your printer. It's used in flexible circuits because it can handle the high temperatures of the soldering process and is thin and flexible.
It's used in the powder coating industry to protect areas from being powdercoated such as machined threads.
It's used on a lot of spacecraft - all that gold coloured space tape wrapping up bundles of wires on the mars rovers, satellites, and on the space station is there so that wires can resist high temperatures or resist catching on fire.
December 31, 2012