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polyethoxylated

polyethoxylated adjective: formed into a polymer whose repeat unit is derived from ethylene oxide.

Adjective

polyethoxylated (not comparable)

  1. Formed into a polymer whose repeat unit is derived from ethylene oxide

Origin of polyethoxylated

From poly- + ethoxylated.

Words formed from polyethoxylated

  • polyethoxylated surfactant

Questions about polyethoxylated

What does polyethoxylated mean?
Polyethoxylated means formed into a polymer whose repeat unit is derived from ethylene oxide.
What part of speech is polyethoxylated?
Polyethoxylated is an adjective.

Words near polyethoxylated in the dictionary

  1. polyethersulphone
  2. polyethersulphones
  3. polyethism
  4. polyethnic
  5. polyethoxylate
  6. polyethoxylated
  7. polyethoxylates
  8. polyethoxylation
  9. polyethoxylations
  10. polyethylene
  11. polyethylene glycol

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