COPOLYMERIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does copolymerize mean? 

• COPOLYMERIZE (verb)
  The verb COPOLYMERIZE has 1 sense:

1. polymerize together

  Familiarity information: COPOLYMERIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COPOLYMERIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they copolymerize    ... he / she / it copolymerizes   
Past simple: copolymerized   
Past participle: copolymerized   
-ing form: copolymerizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Polymerize together

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

copolymerise; copolymerize

Context example:

the two substances copolymerized

Hypernyms (to "copolymerize" is one way to...):

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 frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

copolymer (a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers)