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Definition of "polymerize" []

  • To undergo or subject to polymerization. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "polymerize" in a sentence
  • "I imagined how two chemical units could be knitted together—polymerize—to form sequences."
  • "The monomers in its vapors polymerize in the presence of water, amines, amides, hydroxyl, and carboxylic acid—all of which happen to be found in the oils left by fingerprints."
  • "Rings with nitrogen become RNA, which can polymerize to the extent that some of them can catalyze themselves, and other molecules."