"plasticator" meaning in All languages combined

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      "expansion": "plastic + -ator",
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  "etymology_text": "plastic + -ator",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "plasticators",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2000, Dominick V. Rosato, Donald V. Rosato, Marlene G. Rosato, Injection Molding Handbook, page 151",
          "text": "In the first-stage plasticator the screw motion generates controllable low pressure [usually 50 to 300 psi (0.34 to 2.07 MPa)], which causes the screw to retract slightly, preparing the melt to enter the second stage.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Shau-Tarng Lee, Chul B. Park, N. S. Ramesh, Polymeric Foams: Science and Technology, page 73",
          "text": "An extruder, consisting of a rotating flighted shaft in a stationary barrel, is a well-known plasticator for its inherently efficient and effective energy transfer and positive displacement.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Uday Vaidya, Composites for Automotive, Truck and Mass Transit",
          "text": "Fiber/resin pellets are gravity or machine fed through a hopper into the low-shear plasticator. The plasticator is maintained above the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer; the molten mass interacts with the screw of plasticator.",
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        "A device for melting and mixing thermoplastic materials."
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          "melt",
          "melt"
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          "mix",
          "mix"
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          "thermoplastic",
          "thermoplastic"
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          "ref": "2000, Dominick V. Rosato, Donald V. Rosato, Marlene G. Rosato, Injection Molding Handbook, page 151",
          "text": "In the first-stage plasticator the screw motion generates controllable low pressure [usually 50 to 300 psi (0.34 to 2.07 MPa)], which causes the screw to retract slightly, preparing the melt to enter the second stage.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Shau-Tarng Lee, Chul B. Park, N. S. Ramesh, Polymeric Foams: Science and Technology, page 73",
          "text": "An extruder, consisting of a rotating flighted shaft in a stationary barrel, is a well-known plasticator for its inherently efficient and effective energy transfer and positive displacement.",
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        },
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          "ref": "2011, Uday Vaidya, Composites for Automotive, Truck and Mass Transit",
          "text": "Fiber/resin pellets are gravity or machine fed through a hopper into the low-shear plasticator. The plasticator is maintained above the melting point of the thermoplastic polymer; the molten mass interacts with the screw of plasticator.",
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