polymeriden.
/pəˈlɪmərʌɪd/, /pɒˈlɪmərʌɪd/, U.S. /pəˈlɪməˌraɪd/ Chemistry.
= polymer n. 1.
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1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. i. 5 The formation of isomerides, metamerides, and polymerides..can only be accounted for by supposing that differences of chemical arrangement occur in these different cases.
1864 H. Spencer Princ. Biol. I. 10 Essential oil of turpentine being converted into a mixture of several of these polymerides, by simple exposure to a heat of 460°.
1906 Nature 21 June 190/2 A semi-solid brown substance..formed when acetylene is subjected to discharges... It is apparently a polymeride of acetylene.
1943 R. Hill in R. S. Morrell et al. Synthetic Resins (ed. 2) v. 194 A defect of polystyrene is a tendency for mouldings and castings to develop fine cracks... It is said that this is due to the evaporation of low molecular weight polymerides.
1966 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 260 175 Ethylene-propylene (mixed polymeride with carbon).
2001 Farbe & Lack (Nexis) 1 Nov. 156 Clariant is integrating its cellulose ether and polymeride division into other divisions in order to..increase efficiency.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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