VULCANISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vulcanisation mean? 

• VULCANISATION (noun)
  The noun VULCANISATION has 1 sense:

1. process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them

  Familiarity information: VULCANISATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• VULCANISATION (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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

vulcanisation; vulcanization

Hypernyms ("vulcanisation" is a kind of...):

processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure)

Derivation:

vulcanise (subject to vulcanization)

vulcanise (undergo vulcanization)