Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., that property of certain compounds by virtue of which they differ in their molecular weights and in their chemical properties, though formed from the same elements, combined in the same proportion.
- noun Multiplicity of parts; presence of many parts in one whole.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances.
- noun The act or process of forming polymers.
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- noun chemistry The state, quality, or relation of two or more
polymeric substances . - noun chemistry The act or process of forming
polymers .
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Other arguments are drawn from chemistry, especially from the facts of isomerism, polymerism, and allotropism.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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