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polyaniline

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An electrically conducting polymer of aniline

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, organic-chemistry, physical-sciences

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- Sanskrit नील॑ (nī́la)der. Middle Persian 𐭭𐭩𐭫 (nīl)bor. Arabic نِيل (nīl)der. Andalusian Arabicbor. Portuguese anil German -in German Anilinbor. English aniline English polyaniline From poly- + aniline.