resin
11resin — [[t]re̱zɪn[/t]] resins 1) N MASS Resin is a sticky substance that is produced by some trees. ...a tropical tree which is bled regularly for its resin. 2) N MASS Resin is a substance that is produced chemically and used to make plastics. Two of… …
12resin — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French reisine, from Latin resina; akin to Greek rhētinē pine resin Date: 14th century 1. a. any of various solid or semisolid amorphous fusible flammable natural organic substances that are usually… …
13Resin — /rez in/, n. a male given name. * * * Any natural or synthetic organic compound consisting of a noncrystalline (amorphous) solid or viscous liquid substance or mixture. Natural resins are usually transparent or translucent yellow to brown and can …
14resin — res·in || rezɪn n. any of several viscous organic substances derived from plants (used to manufacture medications, paints, plastics, and inks); synthetic substance similar to natural resin v. coat with resin, treat with resin …
15resin — 1. An amorphous brittle substance consisting of the hardened secretion of a number of plants, probably derived from a volatile oil and similar to a stearoptene. 2. SYN: rosin. 3. A precipitate formed by the addition of water to certain tinctures …
16resin — [14] Resin comes via Old French resine and Latin resīna from Greek rhētínē ‘resin’, a word of unknown origin. A collateral form that arose in medieval Latin was rosīna, which has given English rosin [14]. => ROSIN …
17resin — [ rɛzɪn] noun 1》 a sticky flammable organic substance exuded by some trees and other plants (notably fir and pine). 2》 a solid or liquid synthetic organic polymer used as the basis of plastics, adhesives, varnishes, etc. verb (resins, resining,… …
18resin — res•in [[t]ˈrɛz ɪn[/t]] n. 1) chem. pha any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics …
19resin — [14] Resin comes via Old French resine and Latin resīna from Greek rhētínē ‘resin’, a word of unknown origin. A collateral form that arose in medieval Latin was rosīna, which has given English rosin [14]. Cf.⇒ ROSIN …
20resin — n. & v. n. 1 an adhesive inflammable substance insoluble in water, secreted by some plants, and often extracted by incision, esp. from fir and pine (cf. GUM(1)). 2 (in full synthetic resin) a solid or liquid organic compound made by… …
