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monomer

Syllables: mon·o·mer/ˈmɒnəmə/US/ˈmɑnəmɚ/

monomer noun: a relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.

Noun

monomer (plural monomers)

  1. A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.
    • The water absorbency of the anionically starch-grafted AA/AM absorbent is markedly affected by the pH of the buffer solution at different ionic strengths. The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers. An acidic superabsorbent normally ionizes at high pH...2000 October 1, Suda Kiatkamjornwong, Wararuk Chomsaksakul, Manit Sonsuk, “Radiation modification of water absorption of cassava starch by acrylic acid/acrylamide”, in Radiation Physics and...
    • Nothing at all in the German fridge, so new that its interior smells only of cold and long-chain monomers.2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, →ISBN, page 1

monomer meaning in Tamil, Gujarati, Malay and Indonesian

monomer in Tamil

ஒற்றைப்படி, ஒற்றை உறுப்பி, ஒற்றைஉறுப்பி, தனிமூலக் கூறு, ஒருமம், ஒருபடி மூலக்கூறு

monomer in Gujarati

monomer
એકલક ekalak

monomer in Malay

small molecule, bonded covalently to form polymers
monomer

monomer in Indonesian

small molecule, bonded covalently to form polymers
monomer

Examples of monomer in a sentence

  • The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers.2000 October 1, Suda Kiatkamjornwong, Wararuk Chomsaksakul, Manit Sonsuk, “Radiation modification of water absorption of cassava starch by...
  • In a recent paper on homopyrimidine decamers containing aeg-monomers and thymine monomers with a sulfomethyl substituent at the γ-position, similar triplexes has also been described [43 ].2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

All 13 example sentences with monomer

Forms of monomer

pluralmonomers

Plural of monomer: monomers

Origin of monomer

From mono- + -mer.

Words formed from monomer

Questions about monomer

What does monomer mean?
Monomer means a relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.
What is monomer in Tamil?
Monomer in Tamil is ஒற்றைப்படி, ஒற்றை உறுப்பி, ஒற்றைஉறுப்பி. See Monomer meaning in Tamil.
How do you use monomer in a sentence?
The charge of the ionic monomer affects the pH sensitivity of the superabsorbent polymers.
What part of speech is monomer?
Monomer is a noun.
How do you pronounce monomer?
Monomer is pronounced /ˈmɒnəmə/ (UK).
What is the plural of monomer?
The plural of monomer is monomers.

Words near monomer in the dictionary

  1. monomelia
  2. monomelic
  3. monomembrane
  4. monomembranes
  5. monomeniscous
  6. monomer
  7. monomeric
  8. monomerically
  9. monomericity
  10. monomerisation
  11. monomerisations

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Adapted from Wiktionary: monomer (page history and authors); monomer (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); એકલક (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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