English Explanatory Dictionary

polycaprolactam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A polymer formed by ring-opening polymerization, originally developed in the 1950s as an alternative to a similar patented polymer.

Word forms

polycaprolactam polycaprolactams

Etymology

From poly- + caprolactam.

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