polymerize
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpɒlɨməɹʌɪz/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /pəˈlɪ.mə.ɹaɪz/, /ˈpɑləməˌɹaɪz/
- Hyphenation: po‧ly‧mer‧ize
Verb[edit]
polymerize (third-person singular simple present polymerizes, present participle polymerizing, simple past and past participle polymerized)
- (transitive) (organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization.
- (intransitive, chemistry) To undergo polymerization.
- 2015 March 25, Anna Skoczyńska et al., “New look at the role of progerin in skin aging”, in Przegla̜d Menopauzalny = Menopause Review[1], volume 14, :
- 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.
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Translations[edit]
to convert a monomer to a polymer
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to undergo polymerization
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