About The Word Polymeric
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Polymeric
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What's The Definition Of Polymeric?
[adj] of or relating to or consisting of a polymer; "a polymeric compound"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Polymeric: Related Terms | Find terms related to Polymeric: See Also | Polymeric In Webster's Dictionary \Pol`y*mer"ic\, a. [Poly- + Gr. ? part.] (Chem.)
Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the
same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but
different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus,
cyanic acid ({CNOH}), fulminic acid ({C2N2O2H2}), and
cyanuric acid ({C3N3O3H3}), are polymeric with each other.
Note: The figures expressing the number of atoms of each
element in a number of polymeric substances are
respectively multiples and factors of each other, or
have some simple common divisor. The relation may be
merely a numerical one, as in the example given above,
or a chemical one, as in the case of aldehyde,
paraldehyde, and metaldehyde.
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