polycaprolactam

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noun

A polymer formed by ring-opening polymerization, originally developed in the 1950s as an alternative to a similar patented polymer.

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Meanings

nounpolycaprolactam (countable and uncountable, plural polycaprolactams)

plural polycaprolactams

  1. countableuncountablechemistryA polymer formed by ring-opening polymerization, originally developed in the 1950s as an alternative to a similar patented polymer.

Origin

From poly- + caprolactam.

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Translations

Russian поликапролакта́м
  • поликапролакта́м (polikaprolaktám)Translations
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