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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
monomer \mon"o*mer\, noun (Chem.) The basic conceptual building unit of a polymer; a molecule of low molecular weight which may combine with other molecules to form a molecule in a chain or branched form having high molecular weight; as, amino acids are the monomer units which are combined to form proteins; vinylic plastics are formed from monomers having a vinyl group. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
monomer
noun: a simple compound whose molecules can join together to form polymers
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