How many syllables in polymer?

There are 3 syllables in the word polymer.

How to pronounce polymer:

polymer (noun):: a chemical compound or mixture of compounds formed by polymerization and consisting essentially of repeating structural units; a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers.

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