THERMOPLASTIC

thermoplastic

(adjective) 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”

thermoplastic, thermoplastic resin

(noun) a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

thermoplastic (not comparable)

softening when heated and hardening when cooled, and thus able to be moulded

Coordinate terms

• thermosetting

Noun

thermoplastic (usually uncountable, plural thermoplastics)

A plastic with this property.

Source: Wiktionary



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Coffee Trivia

The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.

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