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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

weichmacherfrei machen

Pronunciation / Transliteration: vikh-ma-cher-fry ma-chen

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Unplasticize/ʌnˈplæs.tɪ.saɪz/
verbCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45200 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Das Verfahren versucht, den Kunststoff zu entweichlichen."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To remove a plasticizer from a material, or to treat a material so that it loses its plasticity and becomes rigid.

    "Over time, environmental exposure can unplasticize the polymer, causing the material to become brittle."
  2. 2

    To reverse the plasticization process in a substance.

    "The laboratory procedure attempts to unplasticize the compound to restore its original mechanical strength."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived by combining the English negative prefix un- with plasticize, which originates from the Greek plastikos (capable of being molded) via French. The term emerged in industrial chemistry during the mid-20th century to describe the reversal or removal of plasticizers from polymeric materials.

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