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plastic — plastically, plasticly, adv. /plas tik/, n. 1. Often, plastics. any of a group of synthetic or natural organic materials that may be shaped when soft and then hardened, including many types of resins, resinoids, polymers, cellulose derivatives,… … Universalium
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nailing strip — a strip of wood or other partly yielding material attached to a hard surface, as of steel or concrete, so that objects may be nailed to the surface. * * * … Universalium
cylinder recording — ▪ phonograph record earliest form of phonograph record, invented by Thomas A. Edison (Edison, Thomas Alva) in 1877. The sound to be recorded was focused by a horn onto a diaphragm, causing it to vibrate; the vibrations were transmitted to a … Universalium
plastic — /ˈplæstɪk / (say plastik) adjective 1. concerned with or relating to moulding or modelling: plastic arts. 2. capable of being moulded or of receiving form: plastic substances. 3. produced by moulding: plastic figures. 4. having the power of… …
nailing strip — noun : a strip of wood made fast (as by bolting) to a surface (as of concrete or metal) unsuitable for nailing in order to provide a means of attaching something (as flooring or lathing) by nailing * * * a strip of wood or other partly yielding… … Useful english dictionary