macromonomer molecule
A
macromolecule
that has one
end-group
which enables it to act as a
monomer molecule
, contributing only a single
monomeric unit
to a chain of the final macromolecule.
Source:
PAC, 1996,
68
, 2287
(Glossary of basic terms in polymer science (IUPAC Recommendations 1996))
on page 2290