Meanings
adjectivepolymerizable (comparative more polymerizable, superlative most polymerizable)
comparative more polymerizable · superlative most polymerizable
- chemistryAble to be polymerized
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)mer-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)méros
- Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros
- Ancient Greekμέρος (méros)
- Englishpolymer
- Englishpolymerize
- Englishpolymerizable
From polymerize + -able.
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