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tropicalize

Syllables: trop·i·cal·izeUK/ˈtɹɒpɪkəlaɪz/US/ˈtɹɑpɪkəlaɪz/

tropicalize verb: to modify something (such as electronic equipment) for use in the tropics, especially by making it resistant to heat and humidity.

Verb

tropicalize (third-person singular simple present tropicalizes, present participle tropicalizing, simple past and past participle tropicalized)

  1. To modify something (such as electronic equipment) for use in the tropics, especially by making it resistant to heat and humidity

Forms of tropicalize

third-person singular presenttropicalizes
present participletropicalizing
past participletropicalized
pasttropicalized

Origin of tropicalize

From tropical + -ize.

Questions about tropicalize

What does tropicalize mean?
Tropicalize means to modify something (such as electronic equipment) for use in the tropics, especially by making it resistant to heat and humidity.
What part of speech is tropicalize?
Tropicalize is a verb.
How do you pronounce tropicalize?
Tropicalize is pronounced /ˈtɹɑpɪkəlaɪz/ (US).
What is the past tense of tropicalize?
The past tense of tropicalize is tropicalized.

Words near tropicalize in the dictionary

  1. tropicalistas
  2. tropicalists
  3. tropicality
  4. tropicalization
  5. tropicalizations
  6. tropicalize
  7. tropicalized
  8. tropicalizes
  9. tropicalizing
  10. tropically
  11. tropicalness

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