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PLASTIC MATERIAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Plastics Manufacturing
DEF

A material that contains as an essential ingredient a high polymer and which at some stage in its processing into finished products can be shaped by flow.

OBS

Elastomeric materials, which also are shaped by flow, are not considered as plastics.

OBS

In some countries, particularly in the United Kingdom, it is a permitted option to use the term "plastics" as the singular form as well as the plural form.

OBS

Any of a large and varied class of substances that are polymers of high molecular weight based on synthetic resins or modified natural polymers and may be obtained in a permanent or rigid form following moulding, extrusion, or similar treatment at a stage during manufacture or processing when they are mouldable or liquid.

PHR

Laminated plastic, reinforced plastic.

Key term(s)
  • plastics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Plasturgie
DEF

Matière qui contient, comme ingrédient essentiel, un haut polymère et qui, à une certaine étape de sa transformation en produit fini, peut être mise en forme par écoulement.

OBS

Les élastomères, qui sont aussi mis en forme par fluage, ne sont pas considérés comme des plastiques.

OBS

Une matière quelconque est [aussi] dite «plastique» (adj.) lorsqu'elle est déformable ou malléable et conserve les déformations qu'elle subit ou les formes d'un moule dans lequel on l'enferme : la terre glaise, les mortiers de chaux grasse, le mastic à vitres, etc. sont plastiques.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fabricación de plásticos
DEF

Material que contiene como ingrediente esencial un alto polímero y que en alguna etapa de su transformación en productos terminados se puede formar por fluido.

OBS

Los materiales elastoméricos, que también se forman por fluido, no se consideran plásticos.

OBS

Polímero alto, generalmente sintético, que combina agentes curantes, reforzantes, colorantes o plastificantes que puede moldearse y trabajarse con buena precisión.

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Record 2 1990-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Skiing and Snowboarding
CONT

Company X which has been importing a plastic mat from France used to provide an artificial ski base.

OBS

From the given context, one could guess that "plastic mat" stands for the "plastic material" used in the manufacturing of ski bottoms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ski et surf des neiges
DEF

Matériau entrant dans la composition des semelles de ski synthétiques utilisées dans la fabrication des skis de fond et des skis alpins.

OBS

Dans le contexte donné, le terme pourrait également être rendu par "matières plastiques" ou "fibres synthétiques": "La compagnie qui, jusqu'à présent, importait la matière plastique (les fibres) nécessaire à la fabrication des semelles de ski synthétiques sera, avec cette subvention, en mesure de les produire elle-même".

Spanish

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