Definition of Polymerism

1. n. The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances.

Definition of Polymerism

1. Noun. (chemistry) The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. ¹

2. Noun. (chemistry) The act or process of forming polymers. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polymerism

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Medical Definition of Polymerism

1. The state, quality, or relation of two or more polymeric substances. The act or process of forming polymers. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polymerism

polymeria
polymeric
polymeric amide
polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
polymerically
polymerid
polymeride
polymerides
polymerisable
polymerisation
polymerisations
polymerise
polymerised
polymerises
polymerising
polymerism (current term)
polymerisms
polymerizability
polymerizable
polymerizate
polymerizates
polymerization
polymerizations
polymerize
polymerized
polymerizer
polymerizers
polymerizes
polymerizing
polymerlike

Literary usage of Polymerism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1852)
"This is perhaps a case of polymerism, one compound being ... polymerism. Polymeric substances are supposed to diner from one another in this manner, ..."

2. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by August Bernthsen (1891)
"polymerism and Isomerism. The determination of molecular weight is of the first importance, because different substances very frequently have the same ..."

3. Chemical and Geological Essays by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1875)
"... definite proportions, in what is only an expression of that law in a higher form. The principle of polymerism is exemplified in related mineral species, ..."

4. A Treatise on the Principles of Chemistry by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir (1884)
"The names allotropy and polymerism are applied to analogous phenomena ... But few examples of undoubted polymerism are furnished by compounds of the ..."

5. A History of Chemistry from Earliest Times to the Present Day Being Also an by Ernst von Meyer (1906)
"Berzelius soon saw himself necessitated to define more strictly the meaning to be attached to this word ;2 he distinguished between polymerism and ..."

6. Principles of Chemical Geology, a Review of the Application of the by James Vincent Elsden (1910)
"... molecules or to the arrangement of the atoms.1 Clarke has given reasons for assuming an extensive polymerism of the silicates.2 Vogt and others conclude ..."

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