homopolymer

From homo- +‎ polymer.

homopolymer (plural homopolymers)

1. (chemistry) a polymer formed from a single type of monomer.

   Antonyms: copolymer, heteropolymer

   Hypernym: polymer

   Hyponyms: homodimer, homotrimer, homotetramer, homopentamer, homohexamer, homoheptamer, homooctamer, homodecamer

   Coordinate term: pseudocopolymer

• homopolymeric (adj)