Associations to the word «Thermoplastic»

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

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".