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- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Englishdiacetylene
- English todaypolydiacetylene
From poly- + diacetylene.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
polydiacetylene
Today it means: Any of several electrically conducting polymers made from the polymerization of substituted diacetylenes. Full definition →
English diacetylene ← Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s) ← Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús