Plastic vs. Polymer

Plasticnoun

A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.

Plasticnoun

Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.

Plasticnoun

(slang) Fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.

Plasticnoun

(obsolete) A sculptor, moulder.

Plasticnoun

(archaic) Any solid but malleable substance.

Plasticadjective

Capable of being moulded; malleable, flexible, pliant.

Plasticadjective

Producing tissue.

Plasticadjective

(dated) Creative, formative.

Plasticadjective

(biology) Capable of adapting to varying conditions; characterized by environmental adaptability.

Plasticadjective

Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.

Plasticadjective

Made of plastic.

Plasticadjective

Inferior or not the real thing.

Plasticadjective

Fake.

Plasticadjective

Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator.

Plasticadjective

Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; - used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

Plasticadjective

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.

Plasticnoun

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]

Plasticnoun

generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives

Plasticadjective

used of the imagination;

Plasticadjective

capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material);

Plasticadjective

capable of being influenced or formed;

Plasticnoun

a synthetic material made from a wide range of organic polymers such as polyethylene, PVC, nylon, etc., that can be moulded into shape while soft, and then set into a rigid or slightly elastic form

Plasticnoun

credit cards or other types of plastic card that can be used as money

Plasticadjective

made of plastic

Plasticadjective

not genuine; artificial or unnatural

Plasticadjective

(of a substance or material) easily shaped or moulded

Plasticadjective

offering scope for creativity

Plasticadjective

exhibiting adaptability to change or variety in the environment.

Plasticadjective

relating to moulding or modelling in three dimensions, or to produce three-dimensional effects

Plasticadjective

(in science and technology) relating to the permanent deformation of a solid without fracture by the temporary application of force.

Plastic

Plastics are a wide range of synthetic or semi-synthetic materials that use polymers as a main ingredient. Their plasticity makes it possible for plastics to be moulded, extruded or pressed into solid objects of various shapes.

Polymernoun

(organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.

Polymernoun

A material consisting of such polymer molecules.

Polymernoun

Any one of two or more substances related to each other by polymerism; specifically, a substance produced from another substance by chemical polymerization.

Polymernoun

a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers

Polymer

A polymer (; Greek poly-, + -mer, ) is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules, or macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic and natural polymers play essential and ubiquitous roles in everyday life.