Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

polyimide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.90 in modern English

Syllables: poly-imide
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any polymer whose monomers are imides; used to make high-temperature resins

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English amide English imide English polyimide From poly- + imide.

Inflected Forms

polyimides (plural)

Derived Forms

copolyimide

Questions

What does polyimide mean?: Any polymer whose monomers are imides; used to make high-temperature resins
Where does polyimide come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Egyptian jmnbor. Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́μμων (Ắmmōn)bor. Latin Ammōn Latin ammoniacusder. English ammonia Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idusder. English -ide English amide English imide English polyimide From poly- + imide.

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