polyurethane

See also: polyuréthane

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Etymology

From poly- +‎ urethane.

Noun

polyurethane (plural polyurethanes)

1. (organic chemistry) Any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links; used in many industrial and domestic applications.
   • 1977 December 31, “One Person Dies in Castro Baths Fire”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 26, page 3:

     Firefighters were hampered by toxic fumes from polyurethane mattresses and overstuffed furniture.

Synonyms

• PUR (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• nonpolyurethane
• poly skin

Translations

any of various polymeric resins containing urethane links

Chinese: Mandarin: 聚氨酯 (zh) (jù'ānzhǐ) Czech: polyuretan m Dutch: polyurethaan (nl) n Finnish: polyuretaani (fi) French: polyuréthane (fr) m German: Polyurethan n Greek: πολυουρεθάνη (el) f (polyouretháni) Hungarian: poliuretán (hu), (foam) purhab Icelandic: pólýúretan n Italian: poliuretano (it) m Japanese: ポリウレタン (ja) (poriuretan) Norwegian: Bokmål: polyuretan n Nynorsk: polyuretan n Portuguese: poliuretano (pt) m Romanian: poliuretan (ro) m Russian: полиурета́н (ru) m (poliuretán) Spanish: poliuretano m Turkish: poliüretan (tr) Ukrainian: поліурета́н m (poliuretán)

Verb

polyurethane (third-person singular simple present polyurethanes, present participle polyurethaning, simple past and past participle polyurethaned)

1. (transitive) To coat (a floor etc.) with polyurethane.