thermoplastic

English

Etymology

thermo- +‎ plastic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æstɪk

Adjective

thermoplastic (not comparable)

1. softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded

Coordinate terms

• thermosetting

Derived terms

• photothermoplastic
• thermoplastic resin

Translations

softening when heated

• Catalan: termoplàstic
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱塑性的／热塑性的 (zh), 热塑性的 (zh) (rèsùxìng de)

• Finnish: lämpömuovattava, termoplastinen
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• French: thermoplastique (fr)
• Irish: teirmeaplaisteach
• Spanish: termoplástico

Noun

thermoplastic (usually uncountable, plural thermoplastics)

1. A plastic with this property.

Translations

plastic with this property

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱塑性塑料／热塑性塑料, 热塑性塑料 (rèsùxìng sùliào)

• Czech: termoplast m
• Dutch: thermoplast (nl) m
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• Finnish: kestomuovi
• French: thermoplastique (fr) m
• Spanish: termoplástico m

See also

• thermoplastic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia