Polymeric

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Polymeric \Pol`y*mer"ic\, a. [Poly- + Gr. ? part.] (Chem.)
     Having the same percentage composition (that is, having the
     same elements united in the same proportion by weight), but
     different molecular weights; -- often used with with; thus,
     cyanic acid ({CNOH}), fulminic acid ({C2N2O2H2}), and
     cyanuric acid ({C3N3O3H3}), are polymeric with each other.


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     Note: The figures expressing the number of atoms of each
           element in a number of polymeric substances are
           respectively multiples and factors of each other, or
           have some simple common divisor. The relation may be
           merely a numerical one, as in the example given above,
           or a chemical one, as in the case of aldehyde,
           paraldehyde, and metaldehyde.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  polymeric
       adj : of or relating to or consisting of a polymer; "a polymeric
             compound"