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Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.

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  1. n. Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.
  2. n. a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers
  3. Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization. [Formerly also written polymere.]
  4. Any one of two or more substances related to each other bypolymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substanceby chemical polymerization. [Formerly also written polymere.]
  5. n:100 n. a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers