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metallizable

metallizable adjective: able to be changed into a metallic substance.

Adjective

metallizable (comparative more metallizable, superlative most metallizable)

  1. Able to be changed into a metallic substance.
    • designating a group of metallizable plastics consisting of a rubbery phase dispersed in a hard phase […]1989, J. A. Simpson, E.S.C. Weiner, editors, Oxford English Dictionary, volume I: A-Bazouki, Clarendon Press, page 1

Forms of metallizable

comparativemore metallizable
superlativemost metallizable
alternative formmetallisable

Origin of metallizable

From metallize + -able.

Questions about metallizable

What does metallizable mean?
Metallizable means able to be changed into a metallic substance.
What part of speech is metallizable?
Metallizable is an adjective.

Words near metallizable in the dictionary

  1. metallises
  2. metallising
  3. metallism
  4. metallist
  5. metallists
  6. metallizable
  7. metallization
  8. metallizations
  9. metallize
  10. metallized
  11. metallizer

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