Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

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Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Bakelite. uncountable

    "[…]Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.”"

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bakelite

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"[…]Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.”"

Etymology

From poly- + oxy- + benzyl + methylene + glycol + anhydride.

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