polyelectrolyte

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noun

A polymeric electrolyte (such as a protein).

OriginEnglish electro- ← Latin electro- ← Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron) →
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Meanings

nounpolyelectrolyte (plural polyelectrolytes)

plural polyelectrolytes

  1. A polymeric electrolyte (such as a protein).

    This is rather a physicsy example, but it is of some importance in chemical systems, for example a charged polyelectrolyte (polymer) is modelled like this.

    (Can we date this quote?), “Gauss's law”, in web.chem.ox.ac.uk

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Frenchélectro-
  6. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  7. Latinēlectrum
  8. Latinelectro-
  9. Englishelectro-
  10. Englishpolyelectrolyte

From poly- + electro- + -lyte.

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Chicago

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