polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

noun

Synonym of Bakelite.

Similar
Bakelite
OriginEnglish anhydride ← Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- ← Ancient Greek ῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-) →
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Meanings

nounpolyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride (uncountable)

alternative polyoxybenzylmethyleneglycolanhydride

  1. uncountableSynonym of Bakelite.

    Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect from a substance whose real name is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.

    2008, Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, More Bollocks to Alton Towers: Far from the Sodding Crowd
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    […]Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.”

    2007, Elizabeth H. Oakes, Encyclopedia of world scientists: Volume 1, page 38

    […]Yonkers was the home of Leo Baekeland, the Belgian chemist who had accidentally discovered polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, better known as Bakelite, while working to produce a synthetic replacement for shellac[…]

    2011, Alan Bradley, A Red Herring Without Mustard

    Synonyms: Bakelite

Synonyms & antonyms

nounSynonym of Bakelite.

Similar
Bakelite
Also see
bakelite

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekὀξῠ́ς (oxŭ́s)
  7. Englishoxy-
  8. Arabicلُبَان (lubān)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yew-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*yéwos
  11. Proto-Indo-Iranian*yáwas
  12. Sanskritयव (yava)bor.?
  13. Proto-Austronesian*zawa
  14. Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*zawader.?
  15. Old Javanesejawa
  16. Old JavaneseJawi
  17. Javaneseꦗꦮꦶ (jawi)
  18. Arabicجَاوَة (jāwa)
  19. Arabicـِيّ (-iyy)
  20. Arabicجَاوِيّ (jāwiyy)
  21. Arabicلُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy)
  22. Catalanbenjuí
  23. Middle Frenchbenjoin
  24. Englishbenzoin
  25. Englishbenzo-
  26. Englishbenz-
  27. Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
  28. Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
  29. Englishbenzyl
  30. Frenchméthylène
  31. Englishmethylene
  32. Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
  33. Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
  34. Akkadian𒎎𒋆𒁉𒍣𒁕 (guḫlum)
  35. Aramaicכוחלא (kuḥlā)
  36. Arabicكُحْل (kuḥl)
  37. Andalusian Arabicكُحُول (kuḥūl)
  38. Medieval Latinalcoho
  39. Middle Englishalcofol
  40. Englishalcohol
  41. Englishglycol
  42. Proto-Indo-European*né
  43. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  44. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  45. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  46. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  47. Englishan-
  48. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  49. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  50. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  51. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  52. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  53. Englishhydro-
  54. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
  55. Englishhydride
  56. Englishanhydride
  57. Englishpolyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

From poly- + oxy- + benzyl + methylene + glycol + anhydride.

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