Meanings
nounpolycarbonate (plural polycarbonates, abbreviation PC)
plural polycarbonates · abbreviation PC
- chemistryAny of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates.
The cloudiness of the windows on the cars, caused by the degradation of the polycarbonate material of which they are made.
2024-11, David Peter Alan, “Multilevel Cards to Get Their Trucks Overhauled, but What About the Windows?”, in Lackawanna Coalition Railgram
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Proto-Indo-European*kerh₃-der.?
- Latincarbōnem
- Frenchcarbone
- Englishcarbon
- Englishcarbonate
- Englishpolycarbonate
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 聚碳酸酯
- 聚碳酸酯 (jùtànsuānzhǐ)polymer of aromatic carbonates
Czech polykarbonát
- polykarbonátpolymer of aromatic carbonates
Dutch polycarbonaat
- polycarbonaatpolymer of aromatic carbonates
Finnish polykarbonaatti
- polykarbonaattipolymer of aromatic carbonates
French polycarbonate
- polycarbonatepolymer of aromatic carbonates
German Polykarbonat
- Polykarbonatpolymer of aromatic carbonates
Italian policarbonato
- policarbonatopolymer of aromatic carbonates
Japanese ポリカーボネート
- ポリカーボネートpolymer of aromatic carbonates
Portuguese policarbonato
- policarbonatopolymer of aromatic carbonates
Spanish policarbonato
- policarbonatopolymer of aromatic carbonates
Turkish polikarbonat
- polikarbonatpolymer of aromatic carbonates
Ukrainian полікарбона́т
- полікарбона́т (polikarbonát)polymer of aromatic carbonates
Cite this entry
APA
polycarbonate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polycarbonate
MLA
“polycarbonate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polycarbonate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polycarbonate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polycarbonate.
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