Meaning & use
monomer
A small molecule that can chemically bond with identical molecules to form a larger polymer.
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Ethylene is the monomer used to produce the plastic polyethylene.
Chemists linked thousands of monomer units together to create the new synthetic fiber.
A note on using this word
Monomer and polymer are complementary chemistry terms: many monomers join together to form a single polymer chain.
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Words with an opposite meaning
polymer
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