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polymer
English
Etymology
poly- +? -mer, from Ancient Greek ????? (polús, “many”) + ????? (méros, “part”). Coined in 1833 by Jöns Jacob Berzelius, although his definition was quite different from the modern one.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?l.?.m?/
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?.l?.m?/
- Hyphenation: poly?mer
Noun
polymer (countable and uncountable, plural polymers)
- (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
- A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
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Czech
Noun
polymer m
- polymer
Further reading
- polymer in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- polymer in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
German
Adjective
polymer (not comparable)
- polymeric
Declension
Further reading
- “polymer” in Duden online
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From poly- +? Ancient Greek ????? (méros, “part”).
Pronunciation
Noun
polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerer, definite plural polymerene)
- a polymer
Derived terms
- polymerisere
References
- “polymer” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From poly- +? Ancient Greek ????? (méros, “part”).
Noun
polymer m (definite singular polymeren, indefinite plural polymerar, definite plural polymerane)
- a polymer
Derived terms
- polymerisere
References
- “polymer” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
polymer From the web:
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triad
English
Etymology
From Latin triad-, stem of trias (“three, triad”), from Ancient Greek ????? (triás).
Sense 3 (“branch of a Chinese underground criminal society”) is due to the word being applied by the British authorities to underground society in Hong Kong based on the geometry of the Chinese character.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?a?.æd/
Noun
triad (plural triads)
- A grouping of three.
- Synonyms: threesome, trine, trinity, trio, triplet, troika, triumvirate; see also Thesaurus:trio
- A word of three syllables.
- Synonym: trisyllable
- A branch of a Chinese underground criminal society, mostly based in Hong Kong.
- (electronics) on a CRT display, a group of three neighbouring phosphor dots, coloured green, red, and blue.
- (music) A chord consisting of a root tone, the tone two degrees higher, and the tone four degrees higher in a given scale.
Coordinate terms
- (group) monad, duad/dyad, triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, heptad, octad, ennead/nonad, decad/decade, hendecad, dodecad/duodecade, chiliad
- (word of four syllables): quaternion
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- mafia
- tong
- yakuza
Further reading
- triad on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- drait, iTard
triad From the web:
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- what triad is enneagram 6
- what triad is enneagram 7
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