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Definition of Plasticize

1. Verb. Become plastic, as by having a plasticizer added.

2. Verb. Make plastic, as by the addition of a plasticizer. "Plasticized PVC"

Definition of Plasticize

1. Verb. (transitive) To make something more plastic, especially by adding a plasticizer ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To become more plastic ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Plasticize

1. [v -CIZED, -CIZING, -CIZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Plasticize

plasticene plasticenes plastician plasticians plasticines plasticise plasticised plasticiser plasticisers plasticises

plasticising plasticities plasticity plasticization plasticizations plasticize (current term) plasticized plasticizer plasticizers plasticizes

plasticizing plastick plasticky plasticly plastics plastics industry plasticuffs plasticulture plasticultures plasticware

Literary usage of Plasticize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Police Body Armor Standards and Testing by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"For example, researchers in England have calibrated deformation in Plastilina to deformations in plasticize and PP2 as a function of bullet velocity. ..."

2. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"... own radio spots with electronic backup sound, plasticize children's posters for permanent display. Many exciting and worthwhile projects are possible. ..."

3. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"... H. Wertheim,20 A.Williams and W. Parkin,21 and W. Zeidler.22 Re-working celluloid.26 It often becomes necessary to first soften (plasticize) celluloid. ..."

4. 6th Annual Report on Carcinogens (1991) by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... if only because of bad publicity. ln the food industry, di(2-ethyl- hexyl)phthalate is no longer used to plasticize plastic wrap. ..."

5. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"In the food industry, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate is no longer used to plasticize plastic wrap. Citric acid-based plasticizers are being evaluated to replace ..."

6. Police Body Armor Standards and Testing by Office of Technology Assessment, United States, Congress (1992)
"For example, researchers in England have calibrated deformation in Plastilina to deformations in plasticize and PP2 as a function of bullet velocity. ..."

7. Prevention Plus II: Tools for Creating and Sustaining Drug-Free Communities (1994)
"... own radio spots with electronic backup sound, plasticize children's posters for permanent display. Many exciting and worthwhile projects are possible. ..."

8. Technology of Cellulose Esters: A Theoretical and Practical Treatise on the by Edward Chauncey Worden (1921)
"... H. Wertheim,20 A.Williams and W. Parkin,21 and W. Zeidler.22 Re-working celluloid.26 It often becomes necessary to first soften (plasticize) celluloid. ..."

9. 6th Annual Report on Carcinogens (1991) by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... if only because of bad publicity. ln the food industry, di(2-ethyl- hexyl)phthalate is no longer used to plasticize plastic wrap. ..."

10. Eighth Annual Report on Carcinogens: 1998 Summary edited by Barry Leonard (1999)
"In the food industry, di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate is no longer used to plasticize plastic wrap. Citric acid-based plasticizers are being evaluated to replace ..."

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