vulcanize
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- vulcanise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈvʌl.kə.naɪz/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Verb
[edit]vulcanize (third-person singular simple present vulcanizes, present participle vulcanizing, simple past and past participle vulcanized)
- (transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable.
- (intransitive) To undergo such treatment.
- 1976 September, Saul Bellow, Humboldt’s Gift, New York, N.Y.: Avon Books, →ISBN, page 404:
- These vulcanized hearts, they only become more resistant when you ask for mercy.
- 2012, Theodore Rochow, Resinography:
- Natural rubber […] vulcanizes readily at the double bonds to give a strong cross-linked structure.
Derived terms
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[edit]Translations
[edit]to harden rubber with heat
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See also
[edit]- Vulcan
Vulcanization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Galician
[edit]Verb
[edit]vulcanize
- (reintegrationist norm) inflection of vulcanizar:
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]vulcanize
- inflection of vulcanizar:
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