- the act or process of forming a polymer or polymeric compound.
- the combination of many like or unlike molecules to form a more complex product of higher molecular weight, with elimination of water, alcohol, or the like (condensation polymerization ), or without such elimination (addition polymerization ).
- the conversion of one compound into another by such a process.
- the act or process of forming a polymer or copolymer, esp a chemical reaction in which a polymer is formed
