polypropylene

polypropylene

See also: Polypropylene and polypropylène

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Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús
Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.
English poly-
English propylene
English polypropylene

    From poly- + propylene.

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    Noun

    polypropylene (countable and uncountable, plural polypropylenes)

    1. A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials.
      Synonyms: PP (initialism), polypropene
      Hypernym: polyolefin
      Coordinate terms: polyethylene, polyethene
      Near-synonym: ♷

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