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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them;
[syn: vulcanization, vulcanisation]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Vulcanization \Vul`can*i*za"tion\, n. [See Vulcan.] The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

vulcanization n 1: process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them [syn: vulcanization, vulcanisation]