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vulcanization

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: vulcanisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: processing

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English Vulcan Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English vulcanize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English vulcanization From vulcanize + -ation.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: вулканиза́ция (vulkanizácija) — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Catalan: vulcanització — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Chinese Mandarin: 硫化 (liúhuà) — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Czech: vulkanizace — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Esperanto: vulkanizado — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Estonian: vulkaniseerimine — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Finnish: vulkanointi — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • French: vulcanisation — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Galician: vulcanización — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • German: Vulkanisation — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Greek: βουλκανισμός (voulkanismós) — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Indonesian: vulkanisasi — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Italian: vulcanizzazione — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Japanese: 加硫 (karyū) — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Macedonian: вулканизација (vulkanizacija) — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Manx: vulcaanaghey — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Polish: wulkanizacja — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Portuguese: vulcanização — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Russian: вулканиза́ция (vulkanizácija) — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Serbo-Croatian: вулканиза́ција — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Serbo-Croatian: vulkanizácija — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Spanish: vulcanización — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Swedish: vulkanisering — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Ukrainian: вулканіза́ція (vulkanizácija) — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
  • Waray-Waray: bulkanisasyon — process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur