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plural monomers
(chemistry) A relatively small molecule which can be covalently bonded to other monomers to form a polymer. quotations examples
Nothing at all in the German fridge, so new that its interior smells only of cold and long-chain monomers.
2003, William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (Bigend cycle; book 1), New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, page 1