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polyethyleneoxide en · NOUN

Etymology

From poly- + ethyleneoxide.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of polyethylene glycol.
    • Examples include polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, cis-polyisoprene, polydimethylsiloxane, polyethyleneoxide and styrene-butadiene rubber. 2016, Carsten Svaneborg, Hossein Ali Karimi-Varzaneh, Nils Hojdis, Frank Fleck, Ralf Everaers, “Kremer-Grest models for universal properties of specific common polymer species”, in arXiv:

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Synonyms

polyethylene glycol