Polymer Definition
(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.
Other Word Forms of Polymer
Noun
Origin of Polymer
From Ancient Greek πολύς (poly, “many") + μέρος (meros, “part"). Coined in 1833 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, although his definition was quite different from ours.
From Wiktionary
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Greek polumerēs consisting of many parts polu- poly- meros part (s)mer-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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