Bakelite

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Bakelite

Etymology[edit]

Patented July 1907 by its inventor, Leo Hendrik Baekeland.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA: /ˈbeɪk.ə.laɪt/

Noun[edit]

Bakelite (uncountable)

A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).

Synonyms[edit]

polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride

Translations[edit]

a heat-resisting chemically inert resin

Finnish: bakeliitti (fi)
French: Bakélite (fr) f
German: Bakelit (de) n
Hungarian: bakelit (hu)

Italian: bachelite (it) f
Polish: bakelit (pl) m
Russian: бакели́т (ru) (bakelít) m
Spanish: baquelita (es) f
Swedish: bakelit

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