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  • 1plastic — Synonyms and related words: Bakelite, Buna, Celluloid, Formica, Lucite, Mylar, PVC, Perspex, Plexiglas, Styrofoam, Teflon, able to adapt, acaroid resins, accessible, accordant, acetate, acetate nitrate, acquiescent, acrylic, adaptable, adaptive,… …

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  • 2cellulose acetate butyrate — noun : any of several mixed esters that are formed by acylation of cellulose with a mixture of acetic and butyric acids and anhydrides and an acid catalyst, that are thermoplastic like cellulose acetates but have a wider range of solubility and… …

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  • 3Cellulose acetate film — Cellulose acetate film, or safety film, is used in photography as a base material for photographic emulsions. It was introduced in the early 20th century by film manufacturers as a safe film base replacement for unstable and highly flammable… …

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  • 4Plastic — is the general common term for a wide range of synthetic or semisynthetic organic solid materials suitable for the manufacture of industrial products. Plastics are typically polymers of high molecular weight, and may contain other substances to… …

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  • 5Cellulose acetate — Cellulose acetate, first prepared in 1865, is the acetate ester of cellulose. Cellulose acetate is used as a film base in photography, and as a component in some adhesives; it is also used as a synthetic fiber.Acetate fiber and triacetate… …

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  • 6Cellulose insulation — The word cellulose comes from the French word for a living cellule and glucose, which is sugar. Insulation is low thermal conductivity material used to separate the internal climate and sounds of a building from external climate and sounds.… …

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  • 7plastic — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. moldable, malleable, ductile, formable, pliant, impressionable, formative. See form, softness. n. thermoplastic, resin, cellulose, etc.; plastic money, credit, debit, or charge card. See materials,… …

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  • 8plastic — plastically, plasticly, adv. /plas tik/, n. 1. Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives,… …

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  • 9plastic — /ˈplæstɪk / (say plastik) adjective 1. concerned with or relating to moulding or modelling: plastic arts. 2. capable of being moulded or of receiving form: plastic substances. 3. produced by moulding: plastic figures. 4. having the power of… …

  • 10plastic — plas•tic [[t]ˈplæs tɪk[/t]] n. 1) chem. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives, casein materials, and… …

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