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thermoplastics

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006346

A polymer that softens or melts on heating and becomes hard again on cooling. Thermoplastic polymer chains are not crosslinked.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-006346
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectFields of Study
ReferencesNAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsoplastics
TranslationsSpanish: termoplásticos
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-006346",
  "term": "thermoplastics",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A polymer that softens or melts on heating and becomes hard again on cooling. Thermoplastic polymer chains are not crosslinked.",
  "subject": "Fields of Study",
  "see_also": [
    "plastics"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "termoplásticos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/thermoplastics/"
}

Record 6,346 of 6,908 in Agriculture and food terminology (MLC-0114). Request the full dataset.