n.
Pronunciation: ' pä-l ə -m ə r
Function: noun
Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary, back-formation from polymeric, from Greek polymer ē s having many parts, from poly- + meros part ― more at MERIT
Date: 1866
: a chemical compound or mixture of compounds formed by polymerization and consisting essentially of repeating structural units
– poly · mer · ic \ ˌ pä-l ə - ' mer-ik \ adjective
– poly · mer · ism \ p ə - ' li-m ə - ˌ ri-z ə m, ' pä-l ə -m ə - \ noun