POLYAMIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does polyamide mean? 

• POLYAMIDE (noun)
  The noun POLYAMIDE has 1 sense:

1. a polymer containing repeated amide groups

  Familiarity information: POLYAMIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POLYAMIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A polymer containing repeated amide groups

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

polyamide; polymeric amide

Hypernyms ("polyamide" is a kind of...):

polymer (a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "polyamide"):

nylon (a thermoplastic polyamide; a family of strong resilient synthetic fibers)