ladder polymer

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noun Chemistry.

a polymer, as DNA, consisting of double-stranded chains linked by hydrogen bonds or chemical bonds at regular intervals.

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Origin of ladder polymer

First recorded in 1970–75

Words nearby ladder polymer

ladanum, ladder, ladder back, ladder company, ladderman, ladder polymer, ladder splint, ladder stitch, ladder tournament, ladder track, ladder truck

How to use ladder polymer in a sentence

Then when we arrive at his flat in Shepherd's Bush following the escape, perhaps there ought to be remnants of the ladder.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some of the rescuers took elevators to the top floor and continued up to the roof via a straight ladder.
Rescue at One World Trade Center|Michael Daly|November 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Historically, education was one way the middle and working classes, and even the poor, ascended the class ladder.
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The escalatory ladder is far more terrifying than it was on the eve of the millennium.
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Vasalgel, a reversible, non-hormonal polymer that blocks the vas deferens, is about to enter human trials.
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Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
It was no sooner accomplished, than Ripperda was on the top of the ladder, and in a few seconds by his side.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
No, he was a hard-headed Scotchman, full of ability and work, and as a railway manager stood at the top of the ladder.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
He said they would be unable to raise the heavy ladder to the tower window; and that was a fact.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
After he had caught her, they were carried up a bamboo ladder by their friends, and sprinkled with water out of a cocoanut shell.
Alila, Our Little Philippine Cousin|Mary Hazelton Wade