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copolymerize

[ koh-puh-lim-uh-rahyz, koh-pol-uh-muh- ]

verb (used with or without object)

Chemistry.
copolymerized, copolymerizing.
  1. to subject to or undergo a change analogous to polymerization but with a union of two or more different monomers.


copolymerize

/ əʊˈɒɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. to react (two compounds) together to produce a copolymer
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˌDZ⳾ˈپDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • p·⳾e··tDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of copolymerize1

First recorded in 1935–40; copolymer + -ize

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