| NOUN | substance | thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin | a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | thermoplastic | having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled |
| Sounds | ther.mahplae'stihk | |
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| Rhymes | academic ... Zurich: 733 rhymes with ihk... | |
| Meaning | Having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled. | |
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| Example | "thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change" | |
| Opposite | thermosetting, thermoset | Having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured |
| Spanish | termoplástico | |
| Catalan | termoplàstic | |
| Nouns | thermoplastic | a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled |
| Meaning | A material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled. | |
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| Synonym | thermoplastic resin | |
| Narrower | celluloid | Highly flammable substance made from cellulose nitrate and camphor |
| saran | Any of various thermoplastic resins used to make things | |
| Broader | plastic | 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 |
| Spanish | termoplástico | |
| Catalan | termoplàstic | |
| Adjectives | thermoplastic | having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled |
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