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A process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
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.
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Bulgarian:
вулканиза́ция
(vulkanizácija)
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Catalan:
vulcanització
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Chinese Mandarin:
硫化
(liúhuà)
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Czech:
vulkanizace
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Esperanto:
vulkanizado
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Estonian:
vulkaniseerimine
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Finnish:
vulkanointi
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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French:
vulcanisation
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Galician:
vulcanización
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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German:
Vulkanisation
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Greek:
βουλκανισμός
(voulkanismós)
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Indonesian:
vulkanisasi
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Italian:
vulcanizzazione
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Japanese:
加硫
(karyū)
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Macedonian:
вулканизација
(vulkanizacija)
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Manx:
vulcaanaghey
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Polish:
wulkanizacja
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Portuguese:
vulcanização
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Russian:
вулканиза́ция
(vulkanizácija)
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Serbo-Croatian:
вулканиза́ција
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Serbo-Croatian:
vulkanizácija
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Spanish:
vulcanización
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Swedish:
vulkanisering
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Ukrainian:
вулканіза́ція
(vulkanizácija)
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur
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Waray-Waray:
bulkanisasyon
— process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur