Definition of Polymerise

1. Verb. Cause (a compound) to polymerize.

Exact synonyms: Polymerize
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change Integrity
Causes: Polymerize
Derivative terms: Polymerisation, Polymer, Polymerization

2. Verb. Undergo polymerization.
Exact synonyms: Polymerize
Category relationships: Chemical Science, Chemistry
Generic synonyms: Change Integrity
Specialized synonyms: Copolymerise, Copolymerize
Derivative terms: Polymerisation, Polymer, Polymerization

Definition of Polymerise

1. Verb. (alternative spelling of polymerize) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Polymerise

1. [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES]

Medical Definition of Polymerise

1. To bring about polymerization. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Polymerise

polymerase g
polymerase gamma
polymerases
polymercaptan
polymeria
polymeric
polymeric amide
polymeric methylene diphenyl diisocyanate
polymerically
polymerid
polymeride
polymerides
polymerisable
polymerisation
polymerisations
polymerise (current term)
polymerised
polymerises
polymerising
polymerism
polymerisms
polymerizability
polymerizable
polymerizate
polymerizates
polymerization
polymerizations
polymerize
polymerized
polymerizer

Literary usage of Polymerise

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Organic Chemistry for Advanced Students by Julius Berend Cohen (1918)
"The thio-aldehydes and -ketones polymerise so much more readily than the aldehydes that by acting on ... Cyanic acid and its esters also polymerise readily. ..."

2. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1908)
"These are colourless ; pyridine and quinoline do not form ketene bases with them, but make them polymerise. To this class belong ketene, methyl ketene, ..."

3. Atomic Theories by F. H. Loring (1921)
"could polymerise and form the whole-number elements as revealed by Aston's recent ... The fact that ordinary hydrogen is not known to polymerise to form the ..."

4. Coal and Its Scientific Uses by William Arthur Bone (1919)
"The susceptibility of acetylene to polymerise between, say, 500° and 700° is easily demonstrated, and it is even more marked at the higher than at the lower ..."

5. Coal and Its Scientific Uses by William Arthur Bone (1918)
"The susceptibility of acetylene to polymerise between, say, 500° and 700° is easily demonstrated, and it is even more marked at the higher than at the lower ..."

6. Practical organic and bio-chemistry by Robert Henry Aders Plimmer (1920)
"They polymerise on standing forming isocyanuric esters. Their structure is shown by ... They are colourless ethereal liquids, which at once polymerise to ..."

7. The Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine by Dugald Clerk, George Arthur Burls (1910)
"For the majority of common gases or vapours (excluding those which polymerise, like sulphur) the deviations from Boyle-s Law, as measured by the defect ..."

8. The Gas, Petrol, and Oil Engine by Dugald Clerk, George Arthur Burls (1909)
"For the majority of common gases or vapours (excluding those which polymerise, like sulphur) the deviations from Boyle's Law, as measured by the defect ..."

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