How do you pronounce polymer?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/.

polymer

/ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.64 in modern English

Syllables: poly-mer
IPA: /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/

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Meaning

noun

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.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A material consisting of such polymer molecules.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads."

Etymology

From poly- + -mer, from Ancient Greek πολύς (polús, “many”) + μέρος (méros, “part”). Coined by Jöns Jacob Berzelius in 1833, though his definition was quite different from the modern one.

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: πολύς

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈpɑ.lɪ.mɚ/
British English: /ˈpɒl.ɪ.mə/

Usage

Inflected Forms

polymers (plural)

Derived Forms

autopolymer azopolymer biopolymer bipolymer ceramer colestipol copolymer exopolymer fluoropolymer geopolymer glycopolymer halfmer

Phrases

block polymer graft polymer halato-telechelic polymer inorganic polymer polymer chemistry silane-modified polymer star polymer stereospecific polymer

Frequently Paired Words

multimer plastic monomer oligomer dimer trimer tetramer pentamer