polycaprolactam

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Etymology[edit]

poly- +‎ caprolactam

Noun[edit]

polycaprolactam (countable and uncountable, plural polycaprolactams)

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  1. (chemistry) A polymer formed by ring-opening polymerization, originally developed in the 1950s as an alternative to a similar patented polymer.

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