polyethylene
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polyethylene noun: a polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.
Noun
polyethylene (countable and uncountable, plural polyethylenes)
- A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.
- For eons, the debris has contained the same things — flecks from plant and animal carcasses, feces, mucus, dust, microbes, viruses — and transported the ocean’s carbon to be stored on the seafloor. Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of...2022 April 3, Sabrina Imbler, “In the Ocean, It’s Snowing Microplastics”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 05 Apr 2022
- The most abundant chemical in the plastics is polyethylene, which is used for single-use packaging, plastic bags and containers such as bottles.2023 June 5, Yvonne Gordon, “Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race”, in The Guardian
polyethylene meaning in Tamil, Arabic, Malay and Vietnamese
polyethylene in Tamil
- பாலிஎத்திலீன், பன்மஎத்திலீன், பன்மவெத்திலீன்
polyethylene in Arabic
- polyethylene
- بولي إثيلين
polyethylene in Malay
- polyethylene
- polietilena
polyethylene in Vietnamese
- polyethylene
- polyetylen
Examples of polyethylene in a sentence
- Examples include polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, cis-polyisoprene, polydimethylsiloxane, polyethyleneoxide and styrene-butadiene rubber.
- Polyethylene pipe can be joined using a butt fusion process, which creates a reliable leak-free joint.
- A polyethylene sheet (flashboard) is attached on the anode (aluminum), which acts as the ion source.
Synonyms of polyethylene
Forms of polyethylene
| plural | polyethylenes |
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Origin of polyethylene
From poly- + ethylene.
Words formed from polyethylene
- chlorinated polyethylene
- CPE
- chlorosulfonated polyethylene
- CSPE
- cross-linked polyethylene
- high-density polyethylene
- low-density polyethylene
- PE
- polyethylene glycol
- polyethylene terephthalate
- polyethylenic
- polywrap
- Terylene
Phrases with polyethylene
Questions about polyethylene
- What does polyethylene mean?
- Polyethylene means a polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.
- What is polyethylene in Tamil?
- Polyethylene in Tamil is பாலிஎத்திலீன், பன்மஎத்திலீன், பன்மவெத்திலீன். See Polyethylene meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is polyethylene?
- Polyethylene is a noun.
- What is the plural of polyethylene?
- The plural of polyethylene is polyethylenes.
Words near polyethylene in the dictionary
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