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  • 41India paper — India In di*a, n. [See {Indian}.] A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. [1913 Webster] {India ink}, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used… …

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  • 42India proof — India In di*a, n. [See {Indian}.] A country in Southern Asia; the two peninsulas of Hither and Farther India; in a restricted sense, Hither India, or Hindostan. [1913 Webster] {India ink}, a nearly black pigment brought chiefly from China, used… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 43India-Gummitasten — waren bedruckte Gummikappen, welche auf die Tasten einer Schreibmaschine aufgesteckt wurden, um die Fingerkuppen zu schonen. Die Bezeichnung geht auf die verwendete Gummiart, den sogenannten India Rubber zurück. Die Erfindung stammt aus den… …

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  • 44rubber — rubber1 rubberless, adj. rubberlike, adj. /rub euhr/, n. 1. Also called India rubber, natural rubber, gum elastic, caoutchouc. a highly elastic solid substance, light cream or dark amber in color, polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the… …

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  • 45India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …

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  • 46rubber plant — noun large tropical Asian tree frequently dwarfed as a houseplant; source of Assam rubber • Syn: ↑India rubber tree, ↑India rubber plant, ↑India rubber fig, ↑Assam rubber, ↑Ficus elastica • Hypernyms: ↑fig tree * * * noun …

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  • 47rubber plant — 1. a plant, Ficus elastica, of the mulberry family, having oblong, shining, leathery leaves, growing native as a tall tree in India, the Malay Archipelago, etc., used as a source of rubber and cultivated in Europe and America as an ornamental… …

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  • 48Rubber — Rub|ber1 〈[rʌ̣bə(r)] m. 3; unz.〉 ein Kautschuk [engl.] Rub|ber2 〈[rʌ̣bə(r)] m. 3; Bridge u. Whist〉 = Robber * * * 1Rub|ber [ rabɐ , engl.: rʌbə], der; s [engl. (India) rubber, zu: to rub = (ab)reiben, (ab)schaben; nach der häufigen Verwendung als …

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  • 49rubber plant — stambialapis fikusas statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Šilkmedinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Ficus elastica), paplitęs atogrąžų Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Ficus elastica angl. Assam rubber; India rubber; India rubber fig; Indian… …

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  • 50rubber — Synonyms and related words: Buna, Butyl rubber, IUD, India rubber, Lastex, Paul Pry, ace, bag, baleen, battledore, best bower, birth control device, blubber, bower, breeze, butt in, butter, caoutchouc, cards, caucho, chewing gum, clay, clubs,… …

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