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polycarbonate

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Polycarbonates ( PC ) are a group of thermoplastic polymers containing carbonate groups in their chemical structures. Polycarbonates used in engineering are strong, tough materials, and some grades are optically transparent. They are easily worked, molded ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context chemistry English) Any of a range of polymers of aromatic carbonates; they are used to make light, flexible alternatives to glass. Abbreviation: '''PC'''

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.

Usage examples of polycarbonate.

The interior extruded convoluted catwalks of polycarbonate that reached every nook and cranny.

Dunlop widebody tennis racquets' super-secret-formulaic composition materials of high-modulusgraphite-reinforced polycarbonate polybutylene resin are organochemically identical I say again identical to the gyroscopic balance sensor and mise-en-scène appropriation card and priapistic-entertainment cartridge implanted in your very own towering father's anaplastic cerebrum after his cruel series of detoxifications and convolution-smoothings and gastrectomy and prostatectomy and pancreatectomy and phalluctomy .

The polycarbonate antisniper windows of the White House rippled and shook from the explosion, but remained intact.

Polycarbonate, hair, bone and flesh slapped against the wall as if someone had tossed a basinful of sludge there.

The molded polycarbonate breastplate had rounded pectorals designed to turn even high-velocity bullets, but the impact still rocked him back on his heels, and the blunt trauma momentarily stunned him.

He digs out a keychain attached to a black polycarbonate fob with the same dimensions, and number of buttons, as a television remote control.

The polycarbonate armor deflected the blades, and two of the Mags got off lucky shots with their Sin Eaters, spraying several warriors with hailstorms of lead.