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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, or consisting of a polymer.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In chem., pertaining to or characterized by polymerism: as, butyric acid (C4H8O2) and aldehyde (C2H4O) are polymeric.
- Same as
polymerous .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Chem.) Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but different molecular weights; -- often used with
with ; thus, cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), arepolymeric with each other.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective chemistry of, relating to, or consisting of a
polymer . Examples of such compounds includepolyurethane foams ,PVC foams, andstyrofoam .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective of or relating to or consisting of a polymer
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Examples
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On day 15, Françoise showed me a hint of positivity (incorporation of radioactive thymidine in polymeric DNA), which was confirmed the following week.
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S.artech, at 1444 S. Tyler Road, produces plastic products such as polymeric compounds, concentrates, custom extruded sheet and rollstock products and packaging technologies.
TradingMarkets 2010
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S.artech, located at 1444 S. Tyler, produces plastic products such as polymeric compounds, concentrates, custom extruded sheet and rollstock products and packaging technologies.
TradingMarkets 2010
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S.artech, located at 1444 S. Tyler, produces plastic products such as polymeric compounds, concentrates, custom extruded sheet and rollstock products and packaging technologies.
TradingMarkets 2010
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More experience is required with real organic feedstocks containing complex organic substrates such as polymeric and particulate substances;
Green Car Congress 2008
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The MoU between the university and CIPET would help students in faculty exchange, joint tie-ups in inter-research programmes and collaborative funding, development of high-performance polymer blends, composites, polymeric nanocomposites, blends and alloys.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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Comparison of Option One Optimental and a polymeric enteral feeding
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Engineers at Ohio State University, for example, have invented polymeric nanoparticles stuffed with even smaller particles of semiconductors called "quantum dots" that shine with different colours depending on the molecules they are attached to.
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The MoU between the university and CIPET would help students in faculty exchange, joint tie-ups in inter-research programmes and collaborative funding, development of high-performance polymer blends, composites, polymeric nanocomposites, blends and alloys.
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“Look, Parag coated the dust bags inside the canisters with a medical polymeric matrix sealant, permeable enough to let air molecules pass through but impermeable enough to contain half-micron nanites . . . for a while, at least.”
Delta Anomaly Rick Barba 2010
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