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polyalternating

polyalternating adjective: describing a copolymer in which two monomers alternate in position.

Adjective

polyalternating (not comparable)

  1. Describing a copolymer in which two monomers alternate in position
    • Alginates with polyalternating sequences (poly-MG) have also been shown to form ionotropic hydrogels [2, 10, 11 ], however, these are much weaker than those made from alginates with a high content of G-blocks.2015 October 24, “Energy Landscape of Alginate-Epimerase Interactions Assessed by Optical Tweezers and Atomic Force Microscopy”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of polyalternating

From poly- + alternating.

Questions about polyalternating

What does polyalternating mean?
Polyalternating means describing a copolymer in which two monomers alternate in position.
What part of speech is polyalternating?
Polyalternating is an adjective.

Words near polyalternating in the dictionary

  1. polyallylamines
  2. polyalphabetic
  3. polyalphabetically
  4. polyalphaolefin
  5. polyalphaolefins
  6. polyalternating
  7. polyam
  8. polyamidation
  9. polyamidations
  10. polyamide
  11. polyamide-imide

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