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plastic
English
Alternative forms
- plastick (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek ????????? (plastikós), from ???????? (plássein, “to mold, form”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?plæst?k/, /?pl??st?k/
- (US) IPA(key): /?plæst?k/, [?p?læst?k]
- Rhymes: -æst?k
- Hyphenation: plas?tic
Noun
plastic (countable and uncountable, plural plastics)
- A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
- (colloquial, metonymically) Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
- (figuratively, slang) insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
- (slang, countable) An instance of plastic surgery.
- 1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out (page 146)
- Somebody's had a plastic done on his nose, I think, or else somebody bent it out of shape since I last saw it.
- 1951, Arnold Hano, The Big Out (page 146)
- (obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.
- (archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Japanese: ?????? (purasuchikku)
- ? Korean: ???? (peullaseutik)
Translations
Adjective
plastic (comparative more plastic, superlative most plastic)
- Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant. [from 17th c.]
- Synonyms: malleable, flexible, pliant; see also Thesaurus:moldable
- Antonym: elastic
- 1749, Henry Fielding, Tom Jones, Folio Society 1973, page 103:
- the rage […] betook itself at last to certain missile weapons; which, though from their plastic nature they threatened neither the loss of life or of limb, were, however, sufficiently dreadful to a well-dressed lady.
- 1898, Journal of Microscopy (page 256)
- Plastic mud, brownish tinted, rich in floatings.
- 2012, Adam Zeman, ‘Only Connect’, Literary Review, issue 399:
- while the broad pattern of connections between brain regions is similar in every healthy human brain, their details – their number, size and strength – are thought to underpin our individuality, as synapses are ‘plastic’, shaped by experience.
- (medicine, now rare) Producing tissue. [from 17th c.]
- (dated) Creative, formative. [from 17th c.]
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- Benign Creator! let thy plastic hand dispose its own effect
- 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon on the Vanity of the World
- (biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability. [from 19th c.]
- Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material. [from 19th c.]
- Made of plastic. [from 20th c.]
- Inferior or not the real thing. [from 20th c.]
- Synonym: ersatz
- (figuratively, informal, of a person) fake; insincere.
- Synonyms: fake, insincere
- Antonyms: genuine, sincere
Derived terms
- plastic beauty
- plastic explosive
- plastician
- plasticity
- plasticizer
- plasticine
- plastic surgery
- plastic rush
- thermoplastic
Translations
Anagrams
- placits
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English plastic.
Noun
plastic
- (sometimes proscribed) plastic
Usage notes
Discouraged in engineering circles in favour of plast.
Declension
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English plastic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?pl?s.t?k/
- Hyphenation: plas?tic
Noun
plastic n (uncountable)
- (Netherlands, uncountable) plastic (synthetic polymer substance)
- Synonym: plastiek
Noun
plastic m (plural plastics)
- (Netherlands, countable, chemistry) plastic (specific type of synthetic polymer)
- Synonym: plastiek
Adjective
plastic (not comparable)
- (Netherlands) plastic
- Synonym: plastieken
Inflection
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English plastic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plas.tik/
Noun
plastic m (plural plastics)
- plastic explosive
Derived terms
- plasticage
- plastiquer
Further reading
- “plastic” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Romanian
Etymology
From French plastique.
Adjective
plastic m or n (feminine singular plastic?, masculine plural plastici, feminine and neuter plural plastice)
- plastic
Declension
Related terms
- plasticitate
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bioplastic
English
Etymology
bio- +? plastic
Noun
bioplastic (plural bioplastics)
- Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum.
- Synonym: biobased polymer
- Coordinate term: biopolymer
- 2012, Alfred Rudin, Phillip Choi, The Elements of Polymer Science and Engineering, Academic Press (?ISBN), page 521:
- A bioplastic can be defined as a polymer that is manufactured into a commercial product from a natural source or renewable resource. A bioplastic can be biodegradable, but a biodegradable plastic does not mean the material was derived fully or in part from a biological source.
Usage notes
The organization IUPAC (International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry) discourages the use of bioplastic and recommends that the term biobased polymer be used instead.
Translations
See also
- biofabric
Further reading
- bioplastic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
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