

monomer
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relatively adverb
[ˈɹɛl.ə.tʰɪv.li]
Proportionally, in relation to some larger scale thing.
"He measured his success relatively, that is, competitively."
starch noun
/stɑːtʃ/ /stɑɹtʃ/
A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.