polymer

Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units, each a relatively light and simple molecule.

In chem., a compound which is polymeric with some other compound; a polymeride.

Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.

A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.

A material consisting of such polymer molecules.

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers