polyethyleneoxide

English

Alternative forms

  • poly(ethylene oxide)

Etymology

From poly- +‎ ethyleneoxide.

Noun

polyethyleneoxide (uncountable)

  1. Synonym of polyethylene glycol.
    • 2016, Carsten Svaneborg, Hossein Ali Karimi-Varzaneh, Nils Hojdis, Frank Fleck, Ralf Everaers, “Kremer-Grest models for universal properties of specific common polymer species”, in arXiv‎[1]:
      Examples include polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, cis-polyisoprene, polydimethylsiloxane, polyethyleneoxide and styrene-butadiene rubber.
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