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POLYMERISM

\pˈɒlɪməɹˌɪzəm], \pˈɒlɪməɹˌɪzəm], \p_ˈɒ_l_ɪ_m_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\

Definitions of POLYMERISM

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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Excess in the number of parts present.
Isomerism in which the molecular weights of members of the series are in multiples of each other.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Multiplicity of component parts. See polymerization. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

n. [Greek] In chemistry, the state of having in a compound a greater number of atomic particles of one element that of the other, while the relative proportions of each are the same.

1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language

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