polypropylene

See also: Polypropylene and polypropylène

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ propylene

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Noun

polypropylene (countable and uncountable, plural polypropylenes)

A thermoplastic resin made by the polymerization of propylene, and used for films, fibres, or moulding materials. Also known as polypropene.

Synonyms

polypropene, PP

Derived terms

polypropylene glycol

Related terms

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Translations

resin

Catalan: polipropilè m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聚丙烯 (zh) (jùbǐngxī)
Czech: polypropylen m
Estonian: polüpropeen
Finnish: polypropeeni (fi)
French: polypropylène (fr) m
German: Polypropylen (de) n
Greek: πολυπροπυλένιο (el) n (polypropylénio)
Italian: polipropilene (it) m
Japanese: ポリプロピレン (ja) (poripuropiren)
Korean: 폴리프로필렌 (pollipeuropillen)
Polish: polipropylen (pl) m
Russian: полипропиле́н (ru) m (polipropilén)
Swedish: polypropylen
Vietnamese: polipropilen

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