COMMERCIALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does commercialization mean? 

• COMMERCIALIZATION (noun)
  The noun COMMERCIALIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce

  Familiarity information: COMMERCIALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMERCIALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of commercializing something; involving something in commerce

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

commercialisation; commercialization

Context example:

both companies will retain control over the commercialization of their own products

Hypernyms ("commercialization" is a kind of...):

development; exploitation (the act of making some area of land or water more profitable or productive or useful)

Derivation:

commercialize (make commercial)

 Context examples 

R&D pertaining to the tools needed to advance nanotechnology research and commercialization, including next-generation instrumentation for characterization, measurement, synthesis, and design of materials, structures, devices, and systems.

(Instrumentation Research, Metrology, and Standards for Nanotechnology, NCI Thesaurus)

BioCarta aims to be the leader in the development and commercialization of new technology for functional proteomics by creating an international organization geared towards identifying, acquiring, and commercializing novel products.

(BioCarta, NCI Thesaurus)

The app is now being further developed for commercialization, by spinoff company Precordior Ltd. It could ultimately be used by patients checking their own health, by doctors in their offices, or by medical staff in hospitals located in developing nations.

(Heart-Checking App May Help Prevent Strokes, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)