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Cyamelide :: Cyamelide (n.) A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid..

Plastic :: plastic (n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905.

Paracyanogen :: Paracyanogen (n.) A polymeric modification of cyanogen, obtained as a brown or black amorphous residue by heating mercuric cyanide..

Metaldehyde :: Metaldehyde (n.) A white crystalline substance isomeric with, and obtained from, acetic aldehyde by polymerization, and reconvertible into the same..

Colophene :: Colophene (n.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene..

Paraldehyde :: Paraldehyde (n.) A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white crystalline substance.

Diamylene :: Diamylene (n.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H20, of the ethylene series, regarded as a polymeric form of amylene..

Polymerism :: Polymerism (n.) The act or process of forming polymers.

Polymer :: Polymer (n.) Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization..

Metachloral :: Metachloral (n.) A white, amorphous, insoluble substance regarded as a polymeric variety of chloral..

Metacetone :: Metacetone (n.) A colorless liquid of an agreeable odor, C6H10O, obtained by distilling a mixture of sugar and lime; -- so called because formerly regarded as a polymeric modification of acetone..

Caryophyllin :: Caryophyllin (n.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor..

Terpilene :: Terpilene (n.) A polymeric form of terpene, resembling terbene..

Polymerous :: Polymerous (a.) Having many parts or members in each set.

Condense :: Condense (v. i.) To undergo polymerization.

Dipyridine :: Dipyridine (n.) A polymeric form of pyridine, C10H10N2, obtained as a colorless oil by the action of sodium on pyridine..

Polymerization :: Polymerization (n.) The act or process of changing to a polymeric form; the condition resulting from such change.

Isomeric :: Isomeric (a.) Having the same percentage composition; -- said of two or more different substances which contain the same ingredients in the same proportions by weight, often used with with. Specif.: (a) Polymeric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportion by weight, but with different molecular weights; as, acetylene and benzine are isomeric (polymeric) with each other in this sense. See Polymeric. (b) Metameric; i. e., having the same elements united in the same proportions

Polymerize :: Polymerize (v. i.) To change into another substance having the same atomic proportions, but a higher molecular weight; to undergo polymerization; thus, aldehyde polymerizes in forming paraldehyde..

Retene :: Retene (n.) A white crystalline hydrocarbon, polymeric with benzene. It is extracted from pine tar, and is also found in certain fossil resins..

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