Definition of "polymerizing" []

• Present participle of polymerize. (verb)
• That polymerizes (adjective)

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• "Polysorbates are made by polymerizing ethylene oxide a precursor to antifreeze with a sugar alcohol derivative."
• "Highly unsaturated oils—soy oil, corn oil—are especially prone to oxidation and polymerizing."
• "Shirakawa had been polymerizing ordinary acetylene welding gas using a Ziegler-Natta catalyst and had been obtaining a rather uninteresting black-brown powder."