Polymer

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An organic compound consisting of large molecules made up of many small repeating molecules or mers.


Note: Many synthetic polymers exist, such as polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride (PVC), etc...




Please note that this is the term as it stands in the original IALA Dictionary edition (1970-1989)