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polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride noun: synonym of Bakelite.

polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride: synonym of Bakelite
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Noun

polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of Bakelite.
    • […]Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.”2007, Elizabeth H. Oakes, Encyclopedia of world scientists: Volume 1, page 38
    • Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect from a substance whose real name is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.2008, Robin Halstead, Jason Hazeley, Alex Morris, More Bollocks to Alton Towers: Far from the Sodding Crowd
    Synonyms:
    Bakelite

Synonyms of polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

Forms of polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

alternative formpolyoxybenzylmethyleneglycolanhydride

Origin of polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

From poly- + oxy- + benzyl + methylene + glycol + anhydride.

Questions about polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

What does polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride mean?
Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride means synonym of Bakelite.
What part of speech is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride?
Polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride is a noun.

Words near polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride in the dictionary

  1. polyoxophosphomolybdates
  2. polyoxorim
  3. polyoxotungstate
  4. polyoxotungstates
  5. polyoxybenzylmethyleneglycolanhydride
  6. polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride
  7. polyoxyethylene
  8. polyoxyethylenes
  9. polyoxygenated
  10. polyoxymethylene
  11. polyoxymethylenes

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