All languages combined word senses marked with topical category "Plastic"

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Total 31 word senses

• bioplastic (Noun) [English] Any form of synthetic polymer, similar to normal plastic, made from renewable biomass sources such as plant sugars, starches, or oils, rather than from petroleum.
• chất dẻo (Noun) [Vietnamese] plastic
• macroplastic (Noun) [English] Relatively large particles of plastic found especially in the marine environment (typically more than about 5 mm)
• megaplastic (Noun) [English] Particles or pieces of waste plastic above 50 cm (19.69 in) in size, a common marine pollutant.
• mesoplastic (Noun) [English] particles of plastic found especially in the marine environment (typically about 10 mm)
• microplastic (Noun) [English] Small particles of plastic (typically less than 5 mm) produced by the degradation of plastic products, found in high levels in the marine environment and increasingly throughout all environments and in food and drinks.
• microplastic (Adjective) [English] Exhibiting microplasticity.
• nanoplastic (Noun) [English] A nanoparticle formed by the degradation of a plastic.
• petroplastic (Noun) [English] A plastic produced from petroleum, as opposed to bioplastic.
• plastic (Noun) [English] A synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting.
• plastic (Noun) [English] Credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services.
• plastic (Noun) [English] insincerity; fakeness, or a person who is fake or arrogant, or believes that they are better than the rest of the population.
• plastic (Adjective) [English] Made of plastic.
• plastic (Adjective) [English] Inferior or not the real thing.
• plastic (Noun) [French] plastic explosive
• plastic (Adjective) [Romanian] plastic
• plastica (Noun) [Italian] plastic
• plasticard (Noun) [English] Thin polystyrene sheets used in arts and crafts.
• plastik (Noun) [Polish] plastic (synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting)
• plastiki (Noun) [Swahili] plastic (polymer)
• plastisphere (Noun) [English] The ecosystem on the surface of a piece of plastic (especially in a marine environment).
• plàstic (Noun) [Catalan] plastic
• plástico (Adjective) [Portuguese] plastic arts
• plástico (Noun) [Spanish] plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)
• polydioxanone (Noun) [English] A biodegradable plastic made by the polymerization of p-dioxanone; it is used in medical applications such as sutures
• pyroplastic (Noun) [English] Burned pieces of waste plastic that are present as a type of pollution in the environment.
• sandarusi (Noun) [Swahili] the resin from East African copal (Hymenaea verrucosa)
• tworzywo sztuczne (Noun) [Polish] plastic (synthetic, solid, hydrocarbon-based polymer, whether thermoplastic or thermosetting)
• 플라스틱 (Noun) [Korean] plastic
• プラスチック (Noun) [Japanese] plastic (a stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material)
• ポリエチレン (Noun) [Japanese] polyethylene

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