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高分子 (koubunshi) Japanese meaning: macromolecule | Kotomora

高こう分ぶん子し

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Meanings

1

macromolecule; high polymer

Chemistry term for a large molecule composed of repeating subunits, such as proteins, DNA, or synthetic polymers.

DNAは天てん然ねんの高こう分ぶん子

し

で

ある

。

DNA is a natural macromolecule.

高こう分ぶん子し化か学がくは材ざい料りょう科か学がくの基き礎そだ。

Polymer chemistry is the foundation of materials science.

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive
分part, minute of time, segment
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM

Related words

ポリマー
ポリマー is a loanword often used interchangeably with 高分子, but 高分子 is the native Sino-Japanese term and is more common in formal scientific contexts.
低てい分ぶん子し
低分子 refers to small molecules, contrasting with 高分子.

Word family· 9

無む機き高こう分ぶん子し
inorganic polymer
高こう分ぶん子し化か学がく
high polymer chemistry; polymer chemistry
高こう分ぶん子し材ざい料りょう
polymeric material; polymer
高こう分ぶん子し

Built from

高こう+分ぶん子し

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 高 (high) + 分子 (molecule), calqued from Western scientific terminology.

物ぶっ

質しつ

polymer; macromolecular substance

導どう電でん性せい高こう分ぶん子し

conducting polymer; conductive polymer

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機き能のう性せい高こう分ぶん子し
functional polymer
高こう分ぶん子し化か合ごう物ぶつ
high molecular compound; high polymer
高こう分ぶん子し吸きゅう収しゅう体たい
superabsorbent polymer; high polymer absorbent
高こう分ぶん子し電でん解かい質しつ
polyelectrolyte