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Word | Gutta-percha |
Russian Meaning | гуттаперча |
a whitish rubber derived from the coagulated milky latex of the gutta-percha tree / A concrete juice produced by various trees found in the Malayan archipelago, especially by the Isonandra, / Dichopsis, Gutta. It becomes soft, and unpressible at the tamperature of boiling water, and, on cooling, retains its new shape. It dissolves in oils and ethers, but not in water. In many of its properties it resembles caoutchouc, and it is extensively used for many economical purposes. The Mimusops globosa of Guiana also yields this material. / a hard, tough thermoplastic substance that is the coagulated latex of certain Malaysian trees. It consists chiefly of a hydrocarbon isomeric with rubber and is now used chiefly in dentistry and for electrical insulation., | |
Usage | ⇒ We also have gutta-percha , sago, rattan, and ketchup. |
Synonyms | resin, amber, agar, algin, ambergris, asphalt, balsam, bitumen, camphor, chicle, copalite, frankincense, guaiacum, gum, lacquer, mastic, myrrh, oleoresin, pitch, rosin, |
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