NEOPRENE


Meaning of NEOPRENE in English

[ 'ni:ə(ʊ)pri:n ]

■ noun a synthetic polymer resembling rubber.

Origin

1930s: from neo- + prene (perh. from propyl + -ene ), on the pattern of words such as isoprene .

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