Polymer

Noun

 * 1)  A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
 * 2) A material consisting of such polymer molecules.

Thesaurus
acid, acidity, adhesive, agent, alkali, alkalinity, alloisomer, anion, antacid, atom, base, biochemical, cast plastic, cation, cellulose plastic, chemical, chemical element, chromoisomer, compound, copolymer, dimer, element, extruded plastic, heavy chemicals, high polymer, homopolymer, hydracid, inorganic chemical, ion, isomer, laminate, macromolecule, metamer, molded plastic, molding compounds, molecule, monomer, neutralizer, nonacid, organic chemical, oxyacid, plastic, protein plastic, pseudoisomer, radical, reagent, resin plastic, sulfacid, synthetic, synthetic fabric, synthetic rubber, thermoplastic, thermosetting plastic, trimer

Etymology
Probably from Polymer: or  polymère:

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 * Mandarin: 聚合體, 聚合体
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 * Japanese:, 高分子
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 * Cyrillic: полимер
 * Roman: polimer
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Derived terms

 * biopolymer
 * inorganic polymer
 * oligopolymer
 * polymeric
 * polymerize