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共重合体 (kyoujuugoutai) Japanese meaning: copolymer | Kotomora

共きょう重じゅう合ごう体たい

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Meanings

1

copolymer; interpolymer

Technical term in polymer chemistry for a polymer derived from more than one species of monomer.

この共きょう重じゅう合ごう体たいは、二に種しゅ類るいのモノマー

から

合ごう

成せい

さ

れる

。

This copolymer is synthesized from two types of monomers.

Kanji

共together, both, neither
重heavy, important, esteem
合fit, suit, join
体body, substance, object

Related words

重じゅう合ごう体たい
重合体 (polymer) is a general term for a polymer, while 共重合体 specifically refers to a copolymer made from two or more different monomers.

Built from

共きょう重じゅう合ごう+体たい

Etymology

Compound of 共 (co-, together) + 重合 (polymerization) + 体 (body, substance). The term is a direct calque from English 'copolymer'.