SILICONE POLYMER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does silicone polymer mean? 

• SILICONE POLYMER (noun)
  The noun SILICONE POLYMER has 1 sense:

1. any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation

  Familiarity information: SILICONE POLYMER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SILICONE POLYMER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a large class of siloxanes that are unusually stable over a wide range of temperatures; used in lubricants and adhesives and coatings and synthetic rubber and electrical insulation

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Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

silicone; silicone polymer

Hypernyms ("silicone polymer" is a kind of...):

polymer (a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers)

siloxane (any of a large class of compounds that have alternate silicon and oxygen atoms)

Meronyms (substance of "silicone polymer"):

atomic number 14; Si; silicon (a tetravalent nonmetallic element; next to oxygen it is the most abundant element in the earth's crust; occurs in clay and feldspar and granite and quartz and sand; used as a semiconductor in transistors)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "silicone polymer"):

bouncing putty (a soft elastic silicone polymer that increases in elasticity with the application of force; used in the center of golf balls and as shock-absorbent padding)