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copolymerise

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co⋅po⋅lym⋅er⋅ize

[koh-puh-lim-uh-rahyz, koh-pol-uh-muh-]
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -ized, -iz⋅ing. Chemistry.
to subject to or undergo a change analogous to polymerization but with a union of two or more different monomers.
Also, especially British, co⋅po⋅lym⋅er⋅ise.


Origin:
1935–40; copolymer + -ize


co⋅po⋅lym⋅er⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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copolymerise

verb
polymerize together; "the two substances copolymerized" [syn: copolymerize
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