verb
- to make plastic or pliable; to add plasticizers to a material to increase its flexibility
- to make something adaptable or malleable
Usage: technical; chemistry
Usage: figurative
Examples
- The manufacturer will plasticize the polymer to improve its durability.
- Chemical additives are used to plasticize vinyl products.
- The company needed to plasticize their business model to compete.
- Heat can help plasticize certain materials during manufacturing.
- They plasticized the coating to prevent cracking in cold weather.
- The goal was to plasticize the rigid organizational structure.