monomer
A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer or oligomer.
A kind of
- compound
Related words
- biomonomer
- comonomer
- heteromonomer
- intermonomer
- intramonomer
- macromonomer
- monomerisation
- monomerise
- monomerization
- monomerize
- pseudomonomer
- submonomer
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “monomer” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.