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VULCANIZATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them
Synonyms:
vulcanisation; vulcanization
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("vulcanization" is a kind of...):
processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure)
Derivation:
vulcanize (subject to vulcanization)
vulcanize (undergo vulcanization)
