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(organic chemistry) Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon..
For eons, the debris has contained the same things — flecks from plant and animal carcasses, feces, mucus, dust, microbes, viruses — and transported the ocean’s carbon to be stored on the seafloor. Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of polyamide, polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate. And this fauxfall appears to be altering our planet’s ancient cooling process.
Use polyamide when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Polyamide means (organic chemistry) Any of a range of polymers containing amide (or peptide) repeat units; examples include proteins and nylon..
Common synonyms include polymeric amide.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
For eons, the debris has contained the same things — flecks from plant and animal carcasses, feces, mucus, dust, microbes, viruses — and transported the ocean’s carbon to be stored on the seafloor. Increasingly, however, marine snowfall is being infiltrated by microplastics: fibers and fragments of polyamide, polyethylene and polyethylene terephthalate. And this fauxfall appears to be altering our planet’s ancient cooling process.
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