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A material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled
Answer for the clue "A material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled ", 13 letters:
thermoplastic
Word definitions for thermoplastic in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled; "thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change" [ant: thermosetting ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. softening when heated and hardening when cooled n. A plastic with this property.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A thermoplastic , or thermosoftening plastic , is a plastic material, polymer , that becomes pliable or moldable above a specific temperature and solidifies upon cooling. Most thermoplastics have a high molecular weight . The polymer chains associate through ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1870, see thermo- + plastic (adj.). As a noun from 1929.
Usage examples of thermoplastic.
The knife was seven inches of high carbon steel with a hand-honed, razor-sharp, triple-peaked, serrated edge fitted into a slip-resistant thermoplastic elastomer handle.
The door panel was thermoplastic foam with a slick surface coating, no real obstacle.
Reality is thermoplastic, not thermosetting, you know: I mean you can reprogram it much more than people realize.
As he lowered himself, he reached over and replaced the grate, shoving it up against the sturdy black thermoplastic casing of the winch, which would not be obtrusive at a distance.
Fragments of thermoplastic and electronic components prickled his skin.
It continued to work on the sand castle it had been building, an elegant edifice of circuits and shifters, sculpted components and thermoplastic armature, accurately rendered in a turgid blend of sand and water.
They were made of thermoplastic, so it was easy enough to shape them as required, with throat and nozzle.
Chief Haendl joined him at the fire, carrying a thermoplastic scrap heated and dented into a bucket.
Taskerville were colorful prefabs of reinforced thermoplastic, one or two stories high.
It was exactly the same as the Universal, except that its third story was of thermoplastic and had been added after the original construction.
When the broken forearm was a few millimeters longer than the other, he shut off the heat and the thermoplastic splint automatically set and snugged into the cushioning.
When the cigarette burned down to the cord, the thermoplastic would melt through with great enthusiasm.
Then she too walked away, leaving the studio via a slit in a thermoplastic wall.
After coaxing his boots on under his wet trousers, he went to a door in the corner of the studio where the window-wall met one of the thermoplastic walls.
A giant globe crept through a slit in the thermoplastic wall and floated to the center of the studio.