Meanings
verbpolymerize (third-person singular simple present polymerizes, present participle polymerizing, simple past and past participle polymerized)
present singular third person polymerizes · participle present polymerizing · participle past polymerized · past polymerized
- transitive(organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization.
- intransitivechemistryTo undergo polymerization.
Non-polymerized lamins are dimers and they can polymerize to structures such as head to tail or by unparallel dimers which aggregate in tetramers and polymerize to thick fibers.
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Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
- Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
- Englishpoly-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)mer-
- Proto-Indo-European*(s)méros
- Proto-Hellenic*(h)méros
- Ancient Greekμέρος (méros)
- Englishpolymer
- Englishpolymerize
Translations
Catalan polimeritzar
- polimeritzarto convert a monomer to a polymer
Danish polymere, polymerisere
- polymereto convert a monomer to a polymer
- polymerisereto convert a monomer to a polymer
Finnish polymeroida, polymeroitua
- polymeroidato convert a monomer to a polymer
- polymeroituato undergo polymerization
French polymériser
- polymériserto convert a monomer to a polymer
Hungarian polimerizál, polimerizálódik
- polimerizálto convert a monomer to a polymer
- polimerizálódikto undergo polymerization
Māori whakawaerau, whakawaerau
- whakawaerauto convert a monomer to a polymer
- whakawaerauto undergo polymerization
Romanian polimeriza, polimeriza
- polimerizato convert a monomer to a polymer
- polimerizato undergo polymerization
Spanish polimerizar
- polimerizarto convert a monomer to a polymer
Cite this entry
APA
polymerize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymerize
MLA
“polymerize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymerize. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “polymerize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/polymerize.
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