MEANING
To form cross-links within rubber or a related elastomer to change properties such as strength, elasticity, or durability.
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Words that belong together
- vulcanize rubber
- vulcanized seals
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The vulcanized seals flexed where the older gaskets had cracked.
The log identified the rubber as vulcanized before the part entered service.
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Word forms
- Base
- vulcanize
- Past tense
- vulcanized
- Past participle
- vulcanized
- Present participle
- vulcanizing
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- vulcanize
- Present continuous
- am/is/are vulcanizing
- Present perfect
- have/has vulcanized
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been vulcanizing
- Past
- vulcanized
- Past continuous
- was/were vulcanizing
- Past perfect
- had vulcanized
- Past perfect continuous
- had been vulcanizing
- Future
- will vulcanize
- Future continuous
- will be vulcanizing
- Future perfect
- will have vulcanized
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been vulcanizing
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Usage notes
Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: vulcanize; vulcanizes; vulcanized; vulcanized; vulcanizing Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Third-person singular: vulcanizes.
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