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mercerization

mercerization is the alternative form of mercerisation.

Meaning of mercerisation

Noun

mercerisation (countable and uncountable, plural mercerisations)

  1. A process of treating cotton with sodium hydroxide in order to make it more lustrous.

Forms of mercerization

pluralmercerizations

Questions about mercerization

What is mercerization the alternative form of?
Mercerization is the alternative form of mercerisation.

Words near mercerization in the dictionary

  1. mercerise
  2. mercerised
  3. merceriser
  4. mercerises
  5. mercerising
  6. mercerization
  7. mercerizations
  8. mercerize
  9. mercerized
  10. mercerizer
  11. mercerizers

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