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Polymerize

//pəˈlɪ.mə.ɹaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    (organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization. transitive
  2. 2
    undergo polymerization wordnet
  3. 3
    To undergo polymerization. intransitive

    "Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers."

  4. 4
    cause (a compound) to polymerize wordnet

Etymology

From polymer + -ize.

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