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English
Etymology
From poly- + caprolactam.
Noun
polycaprolactam (countable and uncountable, plural polycaprolactams)
- (chemistry) A polymer formed by ring-opening polymerization, originally developed in the 1950s as an alternative to a similar patented polymer.
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