polyamide — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon.

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   For eons, the debris has contained the same things — flecks from plant and animal carcasses, feces, mucus, dust, microbes, viruses — and transported the ocean’s carbon to be stored on the seafloor. Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of polyamide, polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate. And this fauxfall appears to be altering our planet’s ancient cooling process.

Noun

1. a polymer containing repeated amide groups

   Synonyms

   polymeric amide

   Broader terms

   polymer