单词 | polyethylenic |
释义 | polyethylenicadj. Chemistry. 1. Originally: designating polymeric compounds prepared from derivatives of ethylene (cf. polyethylene n. 1). Now: of, relating to, or of the nature of polyethylene. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > polymer chemistry > resins and plastics > [adjective] > thermoplastic resins polyethylenic1860 polyacrylic1939 Dacron1951 phenoxy1962 1860 A. Wurtz in Chem. News 25 Aug. 121/1 Glycolic, lactic, and oxalic acids..are acids of very simple constitution; but such is not the case with those obtained by oxidising the complex glycols, which I have called polyethylenic alcohols. 1895 Jrnl. Chem. Soc. 68 i. 320 Ethylenic oxide and sodium ethoxide..give a product which boils at 110–120°..; this..must therefore be regarded as a complex ethylic polyethylenic oxide. 1969 Accts. Chem. Res. 2 263/2 The hydrophobic polyethylenic backbone of the polyacrylamide polymer. 2004 Internat. Jrnl. Adhesion & Adhesives 24 526/1 Polar ethanol may be expected to show affinity for the EVOH [sc. ethylene/vinyl alcohol copolymer], rather than the polyethylenic materials. 2. Relating to or designating a hydrocarbon chain in which there are several CHCH double bonds; (esp. of fatty acids) containing such chains; polyenic. Cf. polyunsaturated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > chemistry > organic chemistry > [adjective] > organic structure > polyunsaturated polyethylenic1927 polyunsaturated1932 1927 T. P. Hilditch Industr. Chem. Fats & Waxes i. ii. 15 The structure of the polyethylenic acids is still very unsettled, even in the cases of those acids which occur abundantly in nature. 1964 Oceanogr. & Marine Biol. 2 176 The pattern of polyethylenic unsaturation in the fatty acids of marine invertebrates is probably the same as that in fish lipids. 1998 Jrnl. Appl. Microbiol. 84 531 Reactive oxygen species induced oxidative damage, particularly to the polyethylenic fatty acids. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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