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    monomer

    US /'mɒnəmə/

    ・

    UK /'mɒnəmə/

    C2
    n.NounSimple compound that can form polymers
    Sugar is composed of a monomer called glucose

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    The accidental discovery that could help solve fashion's biggest problem

    12:36The accidental discovery that could help solve fashion's biggest problem
    • You break it down into bits and parts to go back to the monomer.

      You break it down into bits and parts to go back to the monomer.

    • You regenerate the monomer, so the basic molecule, and you recreate the long chain again.

      You regenerate the monomer, so the basic molecule, and you recreate the long chain again.

    B1

    Scientists Created a Plastic That’s Infinitely Recyclable

    05:39Scientists Created a Plastic That’s Infinitely Recyclable
    • Or the monomer building blocks, and the presence of the additives can also make the resulting recycled plastic product unreliable and unpredictable.

      Or the monomer building blocks, and the presence of the additives can also make the resulting recycled plastic product unreliable and unpredictable.

    • These additives are very difficult to remove from the plastic, making it hard to recycle the monomer building blocks,

      These additives are very difficult to remove from the plastic, making it hard to recycle the monomer building blocks,

    B1

    Alzheimer's disease - plaques, tangles, causes, symptoms & pathology

    08:54Alzheimer's disease - plaques, tangles, causes, symptoms & pathology
    • And this leftover fragment isn't soluble and creates a monomer called amyloid beta.

      And this leftover fragment isn't soluble and creates a monomer called amyloid beta.

    • and this leftover fragment isn't soluble, and creates a monomer called amyloid beta.

      and this leftover fragment isn't soluble, and creates a monomer called amyloid beta.

    B2

    The Structural Basis of Ebola Viral Pathogenesis

    55:40The Structural Basis of Ebola Viral Pathogenesis
    • The one that belongs to this monomer reaches around the outset of the trimer and binds into the next one over.

      The one that belongs to this monomer reaches around the outset of the trimer and binds into the next one over.

    • It was thought to be a monomer.

      It was thought to be a monomer.

    B2

    Protein Synthesis: Transcription and Translation (Updated)

    08:47Protein Synthesis: Transcription and Translation (Updated)
    • An amino acid is the monomer for a protein.

      An amino acid is the monomer for a protein.

    B2