copolymerize

American

[koh-puh-lim-uh-rahyz, koh-pol-uh-muh-] / ˌkoʊ pəˈlɪm əˌraɪz, koʊˈpɒl ə mə- /

especially British, copolymerise

verb (used with or without object)

Chemistry.

copolymerized, copolymerizing

to subject to or undergo a change analogous to polymerization but with a union of two or more different monomers.

copolymerize British

/ kəʊˈpɒlɪməˌraɪz /

verb

to react (two compounds) together to produce a copolymer

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Other Word Forms

copolymerization noun

Etymology

Origin of copolymerize

First recorded in 1935–40; copolymer + -ize

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