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polymerize |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polymerize \Pol"y*mer*ize\, v. t. (Chem.) To cause polymerization of to produce polymers from to increase the molecular weight of without changing the atomic proportions; thus certain acids polymerize aldehyde. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Polymerize \Pol"y*mer*ize\, v. i. (Chem.) To change into another substance having the same atomic proportions, but a higher molecular weight; to undergo polymerization; thus aldehyde polymerizes in forming paraldehyde. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: polymerize v 1: cause to polymerize, as of a chemical compound 2: undergo polymerization, of a chemical compound
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