polyethylene

See also: Polyethylene and polyéthylène

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polyethylene (countable and uncountable, plural polyethylenes)

(organic chemistry) A polymer consisting of many ethylene monomers bonded together; used for kitchenware, containers etc.
- 2023 June 5, Yvonne Gordon, “Microplastics found in every sample of water taken during Ocean Race”, in The Guardian‎:
  The most abundant chemical in the plastics is polyethylene, which is used for single-use packaging, plastic bags and containers such as bottles.

polyethylene

Albanian: polietileni ?
Arabic: بولي إثيلين m
Bulgarian: полиетилен (bg) m (polietilen)
Catalan: polietilè m, politè m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聚乙烯 (zh) (jùyǐxī)
Czech: polyetylen m, polyetylén m, polyethylen m
Danish: polyætylen c or n
Dutch: polyetheen (nl) n
Finnish: polyeteeni (fi)
French: polyéthylène (fr) m, polyéthène (fr) m, polyméthylène m
Galician: polietileno m
German: Polyäthylen (de) n; Polyethylen (de) n; (but in everyday use only) Plastik (de) n
Greek: πολυαιθυλένιο (el) n (polyaithylénio)
Hebrew: פוליאתילן m
Hungarian: polietilén (hu)
Italian: polietilene (it) m
Japanese: ポリエチレン (ja) (poriechiren)
Latvian: polietilēns m
Lithuanian: polietilenas ?
Malay: polietilena
Maori: poritene
Norwegian: polyeten n, polyetylen n
Polish: polietylen (pl) m
Portuguese: polietileno (pt) m
Romanian: polietilenă (ro) f
Russian: полиэтиле́н (ru) m (polietilén)
Slovak: polyetylén m
Spanish: polietileno (es) m
Swedish: polyeten (sv) n, polyetylen n
Turkish: polietilen (tr)
Ukrainian: поліетилен m (polietylen)
Vietnamese: polyetylen (vi)

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