polyelectrolyte
nounEtymology From poly- + electro- + -lyte.
1
A polymeric electrolyte (such as a protein).
- This is rather a physicsy example, but it is of some importance in chemical systems, for example a charged polyelectrolyte (polymer) is modelled like this.(Can we date this quote?), “Gauss's law”, in web.chem.ox.ac.uk:
- Derived terms
- biopolyelectrolyte
- Related terms
- polyampholyte, polysalt