depolymerization

English

Alternative forms

• depolymerisation

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *de

Proto-Indo-European *-h₁

Proto-Indo-European *déh₁

Proto-Italic *dē

Latin dē

Latin dē-der.

English de-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *polh₁ús

Ancient Greek πολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)lbor.

English poly-

Proto-Indo-European *(s)mer-der.

Proto-Hellenic *(h)méros

Ancient Greek μέρος (méros)lbor.

English -mer

English polymer

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 polymerize

English depolymerize

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 depolymerization

From depolymerize + -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːˌpɒl.ɪ.mə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /diˌpɑliməɹɪˈzeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

depolymerization (plural depolymerizations)

1. (organic chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments

Antonyms

• polymerization

Related terms

• depolymerize

Translations

decomposition of a polymer

• French: dépolymérisation (fr) f
• Galician: despolimerización (gl) f
• German: Depolymerisation f
• Japanese: 解重合 (かいじゅうごう, kaijūgō)
• Korean: 해중합 (haejunghap)
• Romanian: depolimerizare (ro) f
• Spanish: despolimerización
• Turkish: depolimerizasyon