If the original poster could engineer a few disulfides or other covalent linkages in there, I would drop my objections, and be even more impressed. On 06/18/12 11:48, Jacob Keller wrote: > Okay, I wiki'd it, and according to them seems you're right: it says > they are "typically connected by covalent chemical bonds." So either > we revert to the etymological use of "polymer," or move onward to > "myriomer!" (assuming the cross-bred "multimer" is out of the > question!) > > JPK > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 10:37 AM, David Schuller<[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> On 06/18/12 11:17, Jacob Keller wrote: >>> But anyway, what is >>> wrong with calling her structures "polymers?" Is there a subtle >>> covalent insinuation to "polymer?" >>> >> subtle? No, it's not subtle. >> >> >> -- >> ======================================================================= >> All Things Serve the Beam >> ======================================================================= >> David J. Schuller >> modern man in a post-modern world >> MacCHESS, Cornell University >> [log in to unmask] > > -- ======================================================================= All Things Serve the Beam ======================================================================= David J. Schuller modern man in a post-modern world MacCHESS, Cornell University [log in to unmask]