Definition of Monomer

becomes a polymer when two similar molecules are joined

Examples of Monomer in a sentence

In order to study your DNA, each monomer had to come together to form a nucleotide in the double helix structure of your DNA.  🔊

To make the triglycerides, one monomer of glycerol and another of the fatty acids combined to store the fat your body doesn’t need.  🔊

The long chain of the polymer, nylon, came together by a monomer uniting with another monomer again and again.  🔊

When every natural monomer bonded together successfully, it formed natural rubber through a biological process.  🔊

In order to disassemble the polymer into each individual monomer, a heat source would need to be applied to the substance.  🔊

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