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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
polymeric
    adj 1: of or relating to or consisting of a polymer; "a
           polymeric compound"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Polymeric \Pol`y*mer"ic\, a. [Poly- + Gr. ? part.] (Chem.)
   Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the
   same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but
   different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus,
   cyanic acid (CNOH), fulminic acid (C2N2O2H2), and
   cyanuric acid (C3N3O3H3), are polymeric with each other.
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   Note: The figures expressing the number of atoms of each
         element in a number of polymeric substances are
         respectively multiples and factors of each other, or
         have some simple common divisor. The relation may be
         merely a numerical one, as in the example given above,
         or a chemical one, as in the case of aldehyde,
         paraldehyde, and metaldehyde.
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