Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A polymer that consists of three distinct monomers.
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- noun a
copolymer derived from three species ofmonomer
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The agency wants the fluids to be tested with ethylene, propylene, and diene terpolymer (EPDM) rubber which is increasingly used in brake seals, instead of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR).
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This includes an adhesive for backsheets (TAKELAC? and TAKENATE?), ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer (Mitsui EPT) and thermoplastic olefinic elastomer (MILASTOMER?) used as a gasket material and so on.
ACN Newswire 2008
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Parker's Feltner notes that, "Seal manufacturers are still offering the standards-ethylene propylene terpolymer (EPDM), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), nitrile and other sealing materials.
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Parker's Feltner notes that, "Seal manufacturers are still offering the standards-ethylene propylene terpolymer (EPDM), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), nitrile and other sealing materials.
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Parker's Feltner notes that, "Seal manufacturers are still offering the standards-ethylene propylene terpolymer (EPDM), polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE), nitrile and other sealing materials.
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