polymerize

English

Etymology

From polymer +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɨməɹʌɪz/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪ.mə.ɹaɪz/, /ˈpɑləməˌɹaɪz/
• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧mer‧ize

Verb

polymerize (third-person singular simple present polymerizes, present participle polymerizing, simple past and past participle polymerized)

1. (transitive) (organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization.
2. (intransitive, chemistry) To undergo polymerization.
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     Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers.

Derived terms

• autopolymerize
• copolymerize
• depolymerize
• electropolymerize
• homopolymerize
• hyperpolymerize
• overpolymerize
• photopolymerize
• polymerizer
• prepolymerize
• repolymerize
• thermopolymerize

 

Translations

to convert a monomer to a polymer

• Catalan: polimeritzar (ca)
• Danish: polymere, polymerisere
• Finnish: polymeroida
• French: polymériser (fr)
• Hungarian: polimerizál (hu)
• Maori: whakawaerau
• Romanian: polimeriza (ro)
• Spanish: polimerizar

to undergo polymerization

• Finnish: polymeroitua
• Hungarian: polimerizálódik
• Maori: whakawaerau
• Romanian: polimeriza (ro)