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POLYMERISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they polymerise ... he / she / it polymerises
Past simple: polymerised
Past participle: polymerised
-ing form: polymerising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Undergo polymerization
Synonyms:
polymerise; polymerize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "polymerise" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "polymerise"):
copolymerise; copolymerize (polymerize together)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
polymerisation (a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cause (a compound) to polymerize
Synonyms:
polymerise; polymerize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "polymerise" is one way to...):
change integrity (change in physical make-up)
Cause:
polymerise; polymerize (undergo polymerization)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
polymerisation (a chemical process that combines several monomers to form a polymer or polymeric compound)
