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VULCANISATION

Dictionary entry overview: What does vulcanisation mean?

• VULCANISATION (noun)
The noun VULCANISATION has 1 sense:

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

Familiarity information: VULCANISATION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• VULCANISATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

vulcanisation; vulcanization

Hypernyms ("vulcanisation" is a kind of...):

processing (preparing or putting through a prescribed procedure)

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