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plastic
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[ noun ] (chemistry) generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
Used in print (Harry H. Hull, "The Normal Forces and Their Ther...)Such an instrument is expected to be especially useful if it could be used to measure the elasticity of heavy pastes such_as printing_inks , paints , adhesives , molten plastics , and bread_dough , for the elasticity is related to those various properties termed `` length '' , `` shortness '' , `` spinnability '' , etc. , which are usually judged by subjective methods at_present . (John Cheever, "The Brigadier and the Golf Widow,"...)Mr._Flannagan manufactured plastic tongue_depressors . |
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[ adjective ] capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material)
Examples "plastic substances such as wax or clay" Used in print (L. Don Leet and Florence J. Leet, editors, The World of...)( 1 ) As far down as 400 miles below the surface the material should be hot enough to be plastic and adjust itself to twisting forces by sluggish flow rather than by breaking , as rigid surface rocks do . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] used of the imagination
Examples "material...transformed by the plastic power of the imagination" (Coleridge) Used in print (Charles Wharton Stork, "Verner von Heidenstam"...)Professor_Fredrik_Bo ^ o ^ k , Sweden 's foremost critic of the period , acclaims it as_follows : `` In this we have the verse of a painter ; strongly colorful , plastic , racy , vivid . Related terms |
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[ adjective ] capable of being influenced or formed
Synonyms Examples "the plastic minds of children" "a pliant nature" Related terms |
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