Cocontinuous

Full definition of cocontinuous

Adjective

1. (maths, of a functor) Commutative with small colimits; right-exact and transforming small direct sums into small direct sums.
2. (organic chemistry) Blending two linear, amorphous polymers such that the phases interpenetrate.
• 1986 , Donald R. Paul & ‎Leslie Howard Sperling , Multicomponent polymer materials , Further, this structure is retained even during melt processing without loss of the interpenetrating cocontinuous structure.
• 1987 , Herman Francis Mark & ‎Jacqueline I. Kroschwitz , Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Engineering , An example of cocontinuous phases in three dimensions is an air filter and the air that flows through it.
• 2009 , Charef Harrats , Multiphase Polymer- Based Materials , Chapter 4 relates photomicrographs of thermoplastics/thermoplastics, thermoplastics/thermosets, and some selected thermoplastic vulcanizates in which the phase morphology is not particularly cocontinuous.