Meaning of polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride | Babel Free
Examples
“[…]Baekeland introduced polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride to the scientific community at the 909 meeting of the New York chapter of the American Chemical Society, and to the world thereafter as “Bakelite.””
“Compared to the uniformity of modern plastics, the lightly marbled grain of true Bakelite feels organic: not something you'd expect⟳ from a substance whose real name⟳ is polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride.”
“[…]Yonkers was the home of Leo Baekeland, the Belgian chemist who had accidentally discovered polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, better known as Bakelite, while working to produce⟳ a synthetic replacement for shellac[…]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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