polymer

See also: Polymer

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined in 1833 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, although his definition was quite different from the modern one.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒl.ɨ.mə/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/

• Audio (US)

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• Hyphenation: poly‧mer

Noun

polymer (countable and uncountable, plural polymers)

1. (organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.

   Hyponyms: polynucleotide, polypeptide, polysaccharide

2. A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

Derived terms

• biopolymer
• heteropolymer
• inorganic polymer
• monopolymer
• oligopolymer
• polymeric
• polymerization
• polymerize
• superpolymer
• thermopolymer

 

Related terms

• monomer

 

Translations

molecule

• Armenian: պոլիմեր (hy) (polimer)
• Belarusian: паліме́р m (palimjér)
• Catalan: polímer m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聚合體 (zh), 聚合体 (zh) (jùhétǐ)

• Czech: polymer m
• Dutch: polymeer (nl) n
• Esperanto: polimero
• Estonian: polümeer
• Finnish: polymeeri (fi)
• French: polymère (fr)
• German: Polymer (de) n
• Greek: πολυμερές (el) n (polymerés)
• Icelandic: fjölliða f
• Italian: polimero (it) m
• Japanese: 重合体 (じゅうごうたい, jūgōtai), 高分子 (こうぶんし, kōbunshi)
• Kazakh: полимер (polimer)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: aloz (ku), polîmer, molekula aloz f

• Malay: polimer (ms)
• Maori: waerau, waerau
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: polymer m

  Nynorsk: polymer m

• Persian: بسپار‎ (fa) (baspâr), پلیمر‎ (fa) (polimer)
• Polish: polimer (pl) m
• Portuguese: polímero (pt) m
• Romanian: polimer (ro) m
• Russian: полиме́р (ru) m (polimér)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: полимер m

  Roman: polimer m

• Spanish: polímero (es) m
• Swedish: polymer (sv)
• Tagalog: damikay
• Thai: พอลิเมอร์
• Turkish: polimer (tr)
• Ukrainian: поліме́р m (polimér)
• Vietnamese: hợp chất cao phân tử
• Zazaki: polimer

material

• Finnish: polymeeri (fi)

• Zazaki: polimerit

See also

• dimer
• monomer
• oligomer
• superpolymer
• trimer

 

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Czech

Noun

polymer m

1. polymer

Further reading

• polymer in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• polymer in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

polymer (strong nominative masculine singular polymerer, not comparable)

1. polymeric

Declension

Positive forms of polymer (uncomparable)

number & gender		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter	all genders
predicative		er ist polymer	sie ist polymer	es ist polymer	sie sind polymer
strong declension (without article)	nominative	polymerer	polymere	polymeres	polymere
	genitive	polymeren	polymerer	polymeren	polymerer
	dative	polymerem	polymerer	polymerem	polymeren
	accusative	polymeren	polymere	polymeres	polymere
weak declension (with definite article)	nominative	der polymere	die polymere	das polymere	die polymeren
	genitive	des polymeren	der polymeren	des polymeren	der polymeren
	dative	dem polymeren	der polymeren	dem polymeren	den polymeren
	accusative	den polymeren	die polymere	das polymere	die polymeren
mixed declension (with indefinite article)	nominative	ein polymerer	eine polymere	ein polymeres	(keine) polymeren
	genitive	eines polymeren	einer polymeren	eines polymeren	(keiner) polymeren
	dative	einem polymeren	einer polymeren	einem polymeren	(keinen) polymeren
	accusative	einen polymeren	eine polymere	ein polymeres	(keine) polymeren

Further reading

• “polymer” in Duden online
• “polymer” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From poly- +‎ Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

Noun

polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerer, definite plural polymerene)

1. a polymer

Derived terms

• polymerisere

References

• “polymer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From poly- +‎ Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”).

Noun

polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerar, definite plural polymerane)

1. a polymer

Derived terms

• polymerisere

References

• “polymer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.