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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Plastography :: Plastography (n.) The art of forming figures in any plastic material.
Formative :: Formative (a.) Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts..
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..
Imagination :: Imagination (n.) The representative power; the power to reconstruct or recombine the materials furnished by direct apprehension; the complex faculty usually termed the plastic or creative power; the fancy.
Euplastic :: Euplastic (n.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
Emplastic :: Emplastic (n.) A medicine causing constipation.
Sculpture :: Sculpture (n.) The art of carving, cutting, or hewing wood, stone, metal, etc., into statues, ornaments, etc., or into figures, as of men, or other things; hence, the art of producing figures and groups, whether in plastic or hard materials..
Phelloplastics :: Phelloplastics (n.) Art of modeling in cork.
Fictor :: Fictor (n.) An artist who models or forms statues and reliefs in any plastic material.
Haemoplastic :: Haemoplastic (a.) Same as Haematoplastic.
Proplastics :: Proplastics (n.) The art of making molds for castings.
Bioplastic :: Bioplastic (a.) Bioplasmic.
Emplastic :: Emplastic (a.) Fit to be applied as a plaster; glutinous; adhesive; as, emplastic applications..
Pliant :: Pliant (v.) Capable of plying or bending; readily yielding to force or pressure without breaking; flexible; pliable; lithe; limber; plastic; as, a pliant thread; pliant wax. Also used figuratively: Easily influenced for good or evil; tractable; as, a pliant heart..
Antiplastic :: Antiplastic (a.) Diminishing plasticity.
Helcoplasty :: Helcoplasty (n.) The act or process of repairing lesions made by ulcers, especially by a plastic operation..
Hyperplastic :: Hyperplastic (a.) Tending to excess of formative action.
Modeler :: Modeler (n.) One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art..
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..
Homoplastic :: Homoplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to homoplasty; as, homoplasticorgans; homoplastic forms..
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