"depolymerization" meaning in All languages combined

See depolymerization on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /diːˌpɒl.ɪ.mə.ɹaɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ [UK], /diˌpɑliməɹɪˈzeɪʃən/ [US] Forms: depolymerizations [plural], depolymerisation [alternative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Etymology tree 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. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|depolymerize|-ation|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree 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 [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "lbor.", "keyword_label" : "Learned borrowing from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*-tiHō", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tis", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-Hō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-tiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "-ātiō", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-acioun", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ation", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "depolymerization", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="depolymerization"> From depolymerize + -ation. Head templates: {{en-noun}} depolymerization (plural depolymerizations)
  1. (organic chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments Related terms: depolymerize Translations (decomposition of a polymer): dépolymérisation [feminine] (French), despolimerización [feminine] (Galician), Depolymerisation [feminine] (German), 解重合 (kaijūgō) (alt: かいじゅうごう) (Japanese), 해중합 (haejunghap) (Korean), depolimerizare [feminine] (Romanian), despolimerización (Spanish), depolimerizasyon (Turkish)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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