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homopolymerize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ho-mopoly-mer-ize
IPA
35
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To polymerize so as to form a homopolymer

Etymology

Etymology tree English homopolymer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English homopolymerize From homopolymer + -ize.

Inflected Forms

homopolymerizes (present, singular) homopolymerizing (participle, present) homopolymerized (participle, past) homopolymerized (past)

Questions

What does homopolymerize mean?
To polymerize so as to form a homopolymer
Where does homopolymerize come from?
Etymology tree English homopolymer Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English homopolymerize From homopolymer + -ize.

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