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polyolefin

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

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  • CMU ARPABET: P AA2 L IY2 OW1 L AH0 F IH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

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noun

Meaning 1

A polymer (such as polyethylene) made by the polymerization of an olefin.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Indo-European *polh1ús Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor. English poly- English olefin English polyolefin From poly- + olefin.