Definition of plastic

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plastic (n.) a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives origin of word as 1905.

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Stomatopod :: Stomatoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the operation of forming a mouth where the aperture has been contracted, or in any way deformed..
Emplastic :: Emplastic (a.) Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications..
Esemplastic :: Esemplastic (a.) Shaped into one; tending to, or formative into, unity..
Tonic :: Tonic (a.) Of or relating to tones or sounds; specifically (Phon.), applied to, or distingshing, a speech sound made with tone unmixed and undimmed by obstruction, such sounds, namely, the vowels and diphthongs, being so called by Dr. James Rush (1833) from their forming the purest and most plastic material of intonation..
Galvanoplastic :: Galvanoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like..
Proplastic :: Proplastic (a.) Forming a mold.
Cosmoplastic :: Cosmoplastic (a.) Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming.
Rhinoplasty :: Rhinoplasty (n.) Plastic surgery of the nose to correct deformity or to replace lost tissue. Tissue may be transplanted from the patient's cheek, forehead, arm, etc., or even from another person..
Protoplastic :: Protoplastic (a.) First-formed.
Embryoplastic :: Embryoplastic (n.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells..
Monoplast :: Monoplast (n.) A monoplastic element.
Uranoplasty :: Uranoplasty (n.) The plastic operation for closing a fissure in the hard palate.
Autoplastic :: Autoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to autoplasty.
Anaplastic :: Anaplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to anaplasty.
Homogenous :: Homogenous (a.) Having a resemblance in structure, due to descent from a common progenitor with subsequent modification; homogenetic; -- applied both to animals and plants. See Homoplastic..
Plasticity :: Plasticity (n.) Plastic force.
Plastic :: Plastic (a.) Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child..
Osteoplastic :: Osteoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to the replacement of bone; as, an osteoplastic operation..
Fictor :: Fictor (n.) An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material.
Clay :: Clay (n.) A soft earth, which is plastic, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of aluminium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities..
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