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Vulcanize
Vul′can-ize
,Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Vulcanized
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Vulcanizing
.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization.
Vulcanized fiber
, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc.
Knight.
– Vulcanized rubber
, India rubber, vulcanized.
Definition 2024
vulcanize
vulcanize
English
Alternative forms
- vulcanise (non-Oxford British spelling)
Verb
vulcanize (third-person singular simple present vulcanizes, present participle vulcanizing, simple past and past participle vulcanized)
- (transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable.
- To desertify or make (something, such as a landscape) xeric.
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Translations
to harden rubber with heat
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See also
- Vulcan
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Vulcanization on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Portuguese
Verb
vulcanize
- first-person singular present subjunctive of vulcanizar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of vulcanizar
- first-person singular imperative of vulcanizar
- third-person singular imperative of vulcanizar