HyperDic: thermoset

English > 1 sense of the word thermoset:
ADJECTIVEallthermoset, thermosettinghaving the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured
English > thermoset: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningHaving the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured.
Example"the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials"
Synonymthermosetting
OppositethermoplasticHaving the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled
Spanishtermoendurecible, termoestable
Catalantermoendurible

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