polyethyleneoxide

English

Alternative forms

• poly(ethylene oxide)

Etymology

From poly- +‎ ethyleneoxide.

Noun

polyethyleneoxide (uncountable)

1. Synonym of polyethylene glycol
   • 2016, Carsten Svaneborg, Hossein Ali Karimi-Varzaneh, Nils Hojdis, Frank Fleck, Ralf Everaers, “Kremer-Grest models for universal properties of specific common polymer species”, in arXiv‎^[1]:

     Examples include polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, cis-polyisoprene, polydimethylsiloxane, polyethyleneoxide and styrene-butadiene rubber.