designating or of any of various polymerized vinylidene compounds
polyvinylidene in American English
(ˌpɑlivaiˈnɪlɪˌdin)
adjective
Chemistry
pertaining to or derived from a polymer of a vinylidene compound
Word origin
[1935–40; polyvinyl + -id3 + -ene]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: aeroembolism, fluorocarbon, gangbuster, prime mover, roadblock-id is a suffix used in the names of chemical compounds. Other words that use the affix-id include: lipid, plasmid; -ene is a suffix used to form names of unsaturated hydrocarbons (anthracene; benzene), esp. those of the alkene series (butylene)
Examples of 'polyvinylidene' in a sentence
polyvinylidene
It was proved that the polyvinylidene fluoride mesh had the best biocompatibility.
B. S. Sukovatykh, N. M. Valuiskaya, V. M. Pashkov, O. V. Alimemko, A. Yu. Grigoryan 2016, 'INDICATIONS AND CHOICE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR POLYMERIC MATERIALS IMPLANTATION IN THE ABDOMINALWALL FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE VENTRAL HERNIAS', Bûlleten' Sibirskoj Medicinyhttps://bulletin.tomsk.ru/jour/article/view/491. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The polyvinylidene fluoride-modified membrane presented better adsorption abilities for chromium ion than that of the traditional polyvinylidene fluoride membrane.
XJ Wang, Y Li, XJ Lu, WY Xu, W Zhao, LG Wang 2016, 'Fabrication and characterization of novel polyvinylidene fluoride ultrafiltrationmembranes for separation of Cr(VI) from wastewater', Adsorption Science & Technologyhttps://doi.org/10.1177/0263617416670164. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Polyvinylidene chloride and polyethylene 29 mm thick were the plastics of choice because of their easy handling.
Antônio Paulino da Costa Netto, Rodrigo Duarte Drummond, Juliana de Maria Felix, RenatoAtílio Jorge, Marcelo Menossi 2009, 'Evaluation of the performance of different plastics used to seal nylon cDNA arraysAvaliação da performance de diferentes plásticos usados para selar arranjos de cDNAem náilon', Ciência e Agrotecnologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-70542009000700031. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The authors present a large area collision detection sensor utilizing the piezoelectric effect of polyvinylidene fluoride film.
J. Michael Wooten, David M. Bevly, John Y. Hung 2015, 'Piezoelectric Polymer-Based Collision Detection Sensor for Robotic Applications',Electronicshttp://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/4/1/204. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)