Every protein is a polymer composed of units called amino acids.
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Polymer
//ˈpɒl.ɪ.mə//
Synonyms for "polymer" (54 found)
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10 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 40 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- պոլիմեր noun (molecule)
Belarusian
1 entries- паліме́р noun (molecule)
Bulgarian
2 entries- полиме́р noun (molecule)
- полиме́р noun (material)
Catalan
1 entries- polímer noun (molecule)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聚合體 /聚合体 noun (molecule)
Czech
1 entries- polymer noun (molecule)
Dutch
1 entries- polymeer noun (molecule)
Esperanto
1 entries- polimero noun (molecule)
Estonian
1 entries- polümeer noun (molecule)
Finnish
2 entries- polymeeri noun (molecule)
- polymeeri noun (material)
French
1 entries- polymère noun (molecule)
Georgian
1 entries- პოლიმერი noun (molecule)
German
1 entries- Polymer noun (molecule)
Greek
1 entries- πολυμερές noun (molecule)
Hungarian
1 entries- polimer noun (molecule)
Icelandic
1 entries- fjölliða noun (molecule)
Indonesian
1 entries- polimer noun (molecule)
Italian
1 entries- polimero noun (molecule)
Japanese
2 entries- 重合体 noun (molecule)
- 高分子 noun (molecule)
Kazakh
1 entries- полимер noun (molecule)
Malay
1 entries- polimer noun (molecule)
Mongolian
1 entries- полимер noun (molecule)
Māori
2 entries- waerau noun (molecule)
- waerau noun (molecule)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- aloz noun (molecule)
- molekula aloz noun (molecule)
- polîmer noun (molecule)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- polymer noun (molecule)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- polymer noun (molecule)
Persian
2 entries- بسپار noun (molecule)
- پلیمر noun (molecule)
Polish
2 entries- polimer noun (molecule)
- polimer noun (material)
Portuguese
1 entries- polímero noun (molecule)
Romanian
1 entries- polimer noun (molecule)
Russian
1 entries- полиме́р noun (molecule)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- polimer noun (molecule)
- полимер noun (molecule)
Spanish
1 entries- polímero noun (molecule)
Swahili
2 entries- polima noun (molecule)
- polima noun (material)
Swedish
1 entries- polymer noun (molecule)
Thai
1 entries- พอลิเมอร์ noun (molecule)
Turkish
1 entries- polimer noun (molecule)
Ukrainian
1 entries- поліме́р noun (molecule)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hợp chất cao phân tử noun (molecule)
Zazaki
2 entries- polimer noun (molecule)
- polimerit noun (material)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
Scientists at the University of Warwick in England, led by chemist David Haddleton, developed the five-centimeter square bandage that contains a special polymer adhesive infused with the painkiller.
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The elasticity of this polymer isn't the best suited to our ends.
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The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH but unionizes at low pH.
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