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A lightweight thermoplastic
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polyethylene
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Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation [syn: polythene ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
macromolecule \mac`ro*mol"e*cule\, n. (Chem., Biochem.) A very large molecule, especially a polymer having from hundreds to many thousands of atoms, such as DNA , RNA , protein , polysaccharide , polyethylene , polycarbonate , etc.
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN glycol ▪ Burmester also included a few samples contaminated with polyethylene glycol , a modern preservative. ▪ The term polyethylene glycol may be encountered in some formulations. EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ In branched ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
polymer of ethylene, 1862, from French polyéthylène ; see poly- + ethylene . Related: Polyethylenic (1860).
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Polyethylene (abbreviated PE ) or polyethene ( IUPAC name polyethene or poly(methylene) ) is the most common plastic . The annual global production is around 80 million tonnes . Its primary use is in packaging ( plastic bags , plastic films , geomembranes ...
Usage examples of polyethylene.
Eventually, many of the polyethylene bags and plastic containers were screened out for burning, but almost nothing was known about what happens when plastics burn, and in fact most such polymerized substances simply evaporated, adding to the enormous load of air pollution, which by 1969 had reached the highest levels of the atmosphere from jet exhausts.
Probably five thousand bees had stung the polyethylene, but no more than a hundred had lost their stings - itself a commentary on the exceptional strength of the giants which would live to sting again.
Eventually, many of the polyethylene bags and plastic containers were screened out for burning, but almost nothing was known about what happens when plastics burn, and in fact most such polymerized substances simply evaporated, adding to the enormous load of air pollution, which by 1969 had reached the highest levels of the atmosphere from jet exhausts.
The boxed advertisement went on at some length in the teeniest print imaginable, listing their products, which included: asphalt, lumber, lumite, mesh, polyethylene, steel haulers, vinyl-coated polyester, vinyl laminates, tarps, welding curtains, screens, blankets, roll systems, and drop cloths.
I edged my battered prewar Chevvy past a huge two‑hundred-dragonpower Lincoln with sky‑blue handle, polyethylene straw, and blatting radio.
He described to him the activities of numerous small and large collectives in the immediate vicinity of Moscow, and also in other districts, which succeeded in making a fat profit not out of hard and thankless labor in the fields, but by producing articles out of polyethylene and polystryrol, colored items, door-handles, electric plugs, etc.
A crude framework of wood and polyethylene garbage bags had been built under their partial shelter.
Perhaps the simplest of all sailing systems, the board was built with a polyethylene shell molded over an inner core of rigid plastic foam to give it lightness and flexibility.
Also ready for installation were curved blocks of polyethylene and polyurethane foam, because a device of this sort required the special properties of both the strongest and the flimsiest materials.