polyethylene terephthalate

English

Etymology

polyethylene +‎ terephthalate

Pronunciation

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Noun

polyethylene terephthalate

(organic chemistry) A thermoplastic resin of the polyester family used particularly in the manufacture of plastic bottles (PET) and fabrics (Terylene).

Synonyms

PET
PET-E
PETE
PET-P
PETP

Hypernyms

polyester

Derived terms

PETase

Related terms

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Translations

type of polyester

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: politereftalat d'etilè m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聚對苯二甲酸乙二酯／聚对苯二甲酸乙二酯 (jùduìběn èrjiǎsuān yǐ'èrzhǐ)
Dutch: polyethyleentereftalaat n
Finnish: polyetyleenitereftalaatti
French: polytéréphtalate d’éthylène (fr) m, PET (fr) m, polyéthylène téréphtalate
German: Polyethylenterephthalat (de) n
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: פוליאתילן טרפתאלט m (polietilén tereftalát)
Italian: polietilene tereftalato m
Japanese: ポリエチレンテレフタラート (ja), PET (ja) (PET)
Russian: полиэтиле́нтерефтала́т (ru) m (polietiléntereftalát), ПЭТФ m (PETF), ПЭТ (ru) m (PET)
Spanish: tereftalato de polietileno m, politereftalato de etileno m
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: polietilen tereftalat

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