polymerize

polymer +‎ -ize

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɒlɨməɹʌɪz/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pəˈlɪ.mə.ɹaɪz/, /ˈpɑləməˌɹaɪz/
• Hyphenation: po‧ly‧mer‧ize

polymerize (third-person singular simple present polymerizes, present participle polymerizing, simple past and past participle polymerized)

1. (transitive) (organic chemistry) To convert a monomer to a polymer by polymerization.
2. (intransitive, chemistry) To undergo polymerization.
   • 2015 March 25, Anna Skoczyńska et al., “New look at the role of progerin in skin aging”, in Przegla̜d Menopauzalny = Menopause Review‎, volume 14, →DOI:

     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.