vulcanization

English

Alternative forms

• vulcanisation (non-Oxford British spelling)

Etymology

Etymology tree

Cretan Ancient Greek Ϝέλχανος (Wélkhanos)der.?

Latin Vulcānusbor.

Old English Ulcanus

Middle English Vulcan, Vulcanus, Wlcan

English Vulcan

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 vulcanize

Proto-Indo-European *-tós

Proto-Indo-European *-is

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.

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Noun

vulcanization (countable and uncountable, plural vulcanizations)

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

Derived terms

• devulcanization

Related terms

• vulcanize, vulcanise

Translations

process by which rubber is hardened using heat and sulphur

• Bulgarian: вулканизация f (vulkanizacija)
• Catalan: vulcanització f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 硫化 (zh) (liúhuà)

• Czech: vulkanizace (cs) f
• Esperanto: vulkanizado
• Estonian: vulkaniseerimine
• Finnish: vulkanointi (fi)
• French: vulcanisation (fr) f
• Galician: vulcanización (gl) f
• German: Vulkanisation (de) f
• Greek: βουλκανισμός (el) m (voulkanismós)
• Indonesian: vulkanisasi (id)
• Italian: vulcanizzazione (it) f
• Japanese: 加硫 (ja) (かりゅう, karyū)
• Macedonian: вулканизација f (vulkanizacija)
• Manx: vulcaanaghey m
• Polish: wulkanizacja f
• Portuguese: vulcanização (pt) f
• Russian: вулканиза́ция (ru) f (vulkanizácija)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: вулканиза́ција f

  Latin: vulkanizácija (sh) f

• Spanish: vulcanización (es) f
• Swedish: vulkanisering
• Ukrainian: вулканіза́ція f (vulkanizácija)
• Waray-Waray: bulkanisasyon