Polymer with stable, polymerization-active sites formed by a chain polymerization in which irreversible chain transfer and chain termination are absent.
See also: living polymerization
Source:
PAC, 2004, 76, 889. 'Definitions of terms relating to reactions of polymers and to functional polymeric materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2003)' on page 896 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200476040889)