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Words with a similar base: thermoplastic, thermoplastic_resin

'thermoplastic'

[thermoplastic.n.01] as in: a material that softens when heated and hardens again when cooled

'thermoplastic'

[thermoplastic.a.01] as in: having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled

Examples:
thermoplastic materials can be remelted and cooled time after time without undergoing any appreciable chemical change

Origins

					thermoplastic (English)
├── plastic (English)
│   └── plasticus (Latin)
│       └── πλαστικός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│           ├── πλάσσειν (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
│           └── πλάσσω (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
└── thermo- (English)
    └── θερμός (Ancient Greek (to 1453))