Copolymerize

/koʊˈpɑlɪməˌraɪz/ verb

Definition

To chemically combine two or more different types of monomers together to form a copolymer.

Etymology

From copolymer plus -ize (denoting a verb-forming suffix meaning 'to make'). The term emerged in 20th-century chemistry as polymerization became an active research field.

Kelly Says

When scientists first learned to copolymerize different monomers in the 1930s, they opened an entirely new frontier—suddenly they could engineer materials with custom properties instead of accepting whatever nature gave them.

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