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adjective
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of or pertaining to polysynthesism.
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Polysynthetic
has a plethora of syllables.
So is cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine. Does it mean:
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble, powerful high explosive, C3H6N6O6, used chiefly in bombs and shells. |
| a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S. |
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World English Dictionary
| polysynthetic (ˌpɒlɪsɪnˈθɛtɪk) | |
| —adj | |
| synthetic analytic Compare agglutinative denoting languages, such as Inuktitut, in which single words may express the meaning of whole phrases or clauses by virtue of multiple affixes | |
| polysynthesis | |
| —n | |
| poly'synthesism | |
| —n | |
| polysyn'thetically | |
| —adv | |
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