Zylon
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Zylon is a noun meaning A synthetic polymer material, a range of thermoset liquid-crystalline polyoxazole developed in the 1980s.
Meaning
A synthetic polymer material, a range of thermoset liquid-crystalline polyoxazole developed in the 1980s.
More Meanings
- An earlier synthetic material.
Example Sentences
They wore Zylon soft body armor and load-bearing vests accessorized with baton and knife holders […]
I scream, extracting from my closet the zylon jacket I wear only with my collar up (a style she abhors as much as the filthy garment itself).
Like many imaginative men, Alexandre felt that he was not made for the century in which he lived, this epoch of appalling tedium all too little relieved by gadgets, by nickel, aluminum, plastic, celluloid, Bakelite, nylon, zylon.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include polybenzobisoxazole, azopolymer, xylonolactone, polyzwitterion, xylonate, polylactone.
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