'Vulcanized' definitions:
Definition of 'vulcanized'
(from WordNet)
adjective
(used of rubber) treated by a chemical or physical process to improve its properties (hardness and strength and odor and elasticity) [syn: cured, vulcanized, vulcanised]
Definition of 'Vulcanized'
From: GCIDE
- Vulcanize \Vul"can*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Vulcanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vulcanizing.] To change the properties of, as caoutchouc, or India rubber, by the process of vulcanization. [1913 Webster]
- Vulcanized fiber, paper, paper pulp, or other fiber, chemically treated, as with metallic chlorides, so as to form a substance resembling ebonite in texture, hardness, etc. --Knight.
- Vulcanized rubber, India rubber, vulcanized. [1913 Webster]