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101hard rubber — noun a hard nonresilient rubber formed by vulcanizing natural rubber • Syn: ↑vulcanite, ↑ebonite • Hypernyms: ↑rubber, ↑natural rubber, ↑India rubber, ↑gum elastic, ↑caoutchouc * * * …
102Para rubber — noun a type of natural rubber obtained from tropical South American trees • Hypernyms: ↑rubber, ↑natural rubber, ↑India rubber, ↑gum elastic, ↑caoutchouc * * * noun Usage: usually capitalized P Etymology …
103Dental braces — (also known as orthodontic braces, or simply braces) are devices used in the orthodontic industry that help align and straighten teeth and help to position them with regard to a person’s bite, while also working to improve dental health. They are …
104Strength of materials — Internal force lines are denser near the hole, a common stress concentration In materials science, the strength of a material is its ability to withstand an applied stress without failure. The applied stress may be tensile, compressive, or shear …
105elastomer — elastomeric /i las teuh mer ik/, adj. /i las teuh meuhr/, n. Chem. an elastic substance occurring naturally, as natural rubber, or produced synthetically, as butyl rubber or neoprene. [1935 40; ELAST(IC) + O + Gk méros a part] * * * ▪ chemical… …
106painting — /payn ting/, n. 1. a picture or design executed in paints. 2. the act, art, or work of a person who paints. 3. the works of art painted in a particular manner, place, or period: a book on Flemish painting. 4. an instance of covering a surface… …
107gumă — GÚMĂ, gume, s.f. 1. Substanţă vâscoasă, secretată de unele plante sau obţinută pe cale sintetică, având proprietatea de a se întări în contact cu aerul, folosită în industrie. ♢ Gumă arabică. 2. (pop.) Şiret elastic sau fâşie elastică fabricate… …
108Deformation (engineering) — This article is about deformation in engineering. For a more rigorous treatment, see Deformation (mechanics). Compressive stress results in deformation which shortens the object but also expands it outwards. In materials science, deformation is a …
109Painterwork — accomplishes two things, namely the preservation and the coloration of the material painted. The compounds used for painting, taking the word as meaning a thin protective or decorative coat, are very numerous, including oil paint of many kinds,… …
110Natural rubber — Rubber and India rubber redirect here. For other uses, see Rubber (disambiguation). This article is about the polymeric material natural rubber. For man made rubber materials, see Synthetic rubber. Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree …
