adjective
- relating to or consisting of a polymer made up of identical repeating units or monomers
Usage: technical; chemistry
Examples
- Polyethylene is a homopolymeric plastic composed entirely of ethylene units.
- The homopolymeric structure of polystyrene makes it useful for packaging applications.
- Scientists studied the homopolymeric chains to understand their mechanical properties.
- Unlike copolymers, homopolymeric materials contain only one type of monomer.
- The homopolymeric nature of the protein allowed researchers to predict its folding pattern.