A polymer material that can stretch significantly and return to its original shape, like rubber.
From elastic + -mer (polymer chemistry suffix meaning 'unit'). The term was coined in the 20th century as polymer chemistry developed.
Elastomers are the materials making everything from car tires to rubber duckies work—they're polymers with the 'memory' to snap back into shape!
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