Initialism vs Polydimethylsiloxane - What's the difference?
initialism | polydimethylsiloxane |
A term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter.
(en noun) (abbreviated as : PDMS)
(chemistry) The simplest silicone, being a polymer having a repeat unit of -Si(CH3)2-O- ; its properties depend on the degree of polymerization and range from that of an oil to a plastic
As nouns the difference between initialism and polydimethylsiloxane
is that initialism is a term formed from the initial letter or letters of several words or parts of words, but which is itself pronounced letter by letter while polydimethylsiloxane is polydimethylsiloxane.initialism
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(wikipedia initialism) (en noun)- BBC is an initialism for British Broadcasting Corporation.