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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Proplastics :: Proplastics (n.) The art of making molds for castings.
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..
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.
Hyperplastic :: Hyperplastic (a.) Of or pertaining to hyperplasia.
Monoplastic :: Monoplastic (a.) That has one form, or retains its primary form, as, a monoplastic element..
Osteoplastic :: Osteoplastic (a.) Producing bone; as, osteoplastic cells..
Solid :: Solid (a.) Having the constituent parts so compact, or so firmly adhering, as to resist the impression or penetration of other bodies; having a fixed form; hard; firm; compact; -- opposed to fluid and liquid or to plastic, like clay, or to incompact, like sand..
Represent :: Represent (v. t.) To portray by pictoral or plastic art; to delineate; as, to represent a landscape in a picture, a horse in bronze, and the like..
Formative :: Formative (a.) Giving form; having the power of giving form; plastic; as, the formative arts..
Plastic :: Plastic (a.) Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts..
Organoleptic :: Organoleptic (a.) Making an impression upon an organ; plastic; -- said of the effect or impression produced by any substance on the organs of touch, taste, or smell, and also on the organism as a whole..
Emplastic :: Emplastic (n.) A medicine causing constipation.
Euplastic :: Euplastic (n.) Organizable substance by which the tissues of an animal body are renewed.
Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language..
Plastical :: Plastical (a.) See Plastic.
Monoplast :: Monoplast (n.) A monoplastic element.
Modeler :: Modeler (n.) One who models; hence, a worker in plastic art..
Aplastic :: Aplastic (a.) Not plastic or easily molded.
Embryoplastic :: Embryoplastic (n.) Relating to, or aiding in, the formation of an embryo; as, embryoplastic cells..
Albolith :: Albolith (n.) A kind of plastic cement, or artificial stone, consisting chiefly of magnesia and silica; -- called also albolite..
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