plasticise

A verb meaning to make something plastic or pliable, especially by adding a plasticizer.

• 🇷🇺Глагол, означающий сделать что-либо пластичным или гибким, особенно путем добавления пластификатора.

1. To make plastic C1 formal technical

   To treat or process a material, especially a polymer, with a plasticizer to increase its flexibility, workability, or plasticity.

   • The manufacturer plasticises the PVC to make it suitable for cable insulation.
   • They plasticise the clay to improve its molding properties.
   • The compound is plasticised to achieve the desired softness.

   🇷🇺Пластифицировать

   Антонимы: brittleembrittlehardenrigidifysolidifystiffen

2. To become plastic C1 formal technical

   To undergo a process of becoming more flexible or moldable, often through the addition of a plasticizer or by heating.

   • The polymer begins to plasticise when heated above its glass transition temperature.
   • The material plasticises under pressure, allowing it to be shaped.
   • As the plasticizer is added, the resin gradually plasticises.

   🇷🇺Пластифицироваться

   Синонимы: soften

• plasticised past participle
• plasticized past participle
• plasticised past simple
• plasticized past simple
• plasticising present participle
• plasticizing present participle
• plasticises third person singular
• plasticizes third person singular