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Polymer vs Polymerlike - What's the difference?

polymer | polymerlike |

As a noun polymer

is 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.

As an adjective polymerlike is

resembling a polymer.

polymer

English

(wikipedia polymer)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (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.
  • A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
    • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=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 * inorganic polymer * oligopolymer * polymeric * polymerize

    See also

    * dimer * monomer * oligomer * trimer * superpolymer ----

    polymerlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling a polymer
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  • *{{quote-journal, 2000, date=November 17, Philip Pincus, Y's and Ends, Science citation
    • , passage=One phase resembles a dense network of polymerlike strands that span the sample