释义 |
volumeless, a.|ˈvɒljuːmlɪs| [f. volume n. + -less.] Occupying no volume; spec. applied to an idealized polymer chain having this property.
1946Nature 26 Oct. 571/1 An ideally flexible and volumeless [polymer] chain. 1967Margerison & East Introd. Polymer Chem. i. 17 Certain configurations open to the ‘volumeless’ chain are not available to the real polymer chain. 1974Jrnl. Polymer Sci.: Polymer Symposia No. 46. 97 An expression for Γ, suggested by a well known equation for a regular cubic network of freely jointed volumeless chains, is derived. 1983[see voluminal a.]. |