Associations to the word «Thermoplastic»

Wiktionary

THERMOPLASTIC, adjective. Softening when heated and hardening when cooled
THERMOPLASTIC, noun. A plastic with this property.
THERMOPLASTIC RESIN, noun. Any synthetic material, such as polyethylene, that can be molded when hot but becomes hard on cooling

Dictionary definition

THERMOPLASTIC, noun. A material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled.
THERMOPLASTIC, adjective. Having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled; "thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change".

Wise words

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