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thermosetting

a. (context chemistry English) becoming permanently hard or solidifying when heated; used especially of synthetic plastics such as Bakelite.

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thermosetting

adj. having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured; "the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials" [syn: thermoset] [ant: thermoplastic]

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Reality is thermoplastic, not thermosetting, you know: I mean you can reprogram it much more than people realize.

Glastic: an ultrahigh molecular weight, thermosetting polymer of boron oxide that has the colloidal properties of glass with the ductility of plastic.