(chemistry) A water-soluble polymer used in pharmaceutical products, paint and as an adhesive for postage stamps and envelopes.

(chemistry) A water-soluble synthetic polymer prepared by partial or complete hydrolysis of polyvinyl acetate to remove acetate groups, having many uses, including as an adhesive and surfactant and in freshwater angling.

(rare, of a plant) Having many thorns

(mathematics) A real, multivariate homogeneous polynomial p(x) is hyperbolic (in direction e) if p(x-te) = 0 has only real roots as a function of t.

A thermoplastic resin of the polyester family used particularly in the manufacture of plastic bottles (PET) and fabrics (Terylene).

Someone who practices polyandry

(organic chemistry) Any polymer having repeat units that have stable ionizable end-groups such as carboxylate (anion) or quaternary ammonium (cation)

(biochemistry) A chain of several ubiquitin molecules attached to a protein.

plural of polyabolo

plural of polyabolo