Crossword clues for polyethylene
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. (context organic compound English) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.
WordNet
n. a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation [syn: polythene]
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, containers including bottles, etc.). Many kinds of polyethylene are known, with most having the chemical formula (CH). Thus, PE is usually a mixture of similar polymers of ethylene with various values of n.
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.