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† polymerism Obs.|pəˈlɪmərɪz(ə)m|
[f. as polymer + -ism; cf. F. polymérisme.]
1. Chem. The condition of being polymeric.
1833Rep. Brit. Assoc. Adv. Sci. 1831–32 435 (heading) Polymerism and metamerism. 1847Turner Elem. Chem. (ed. 8) 679 It is by the assumption of compound radicals, that we are enabled to explain the numerous cases of isomerism and polymerism which occur in organic chemistry. 1850Daubeny Atom. The. viii. (ed. 2) 265 The former case Berzelius has distinguished by the term polymerism; the latter, by that of metamerism. 1882Stallo Concepts Mod. Physics 302 This rule applies..like⁓wise to cases of allotropy and polymerism.
2. Biol. The condition of being polymerous.
1849Craig, Polymerism, the state of monstrosity in which an animal or plant is characterized by the presence of a multiplicity of parts. 1871Allman Monogr. Gymnoblastic Hydroids I. p. xiv, Polymerism... Simple multiplicity of the component zooids of the colony. |