elastomern.
/ɪˈlastəmə/ Any of various rubbers (esp. synthetic ones) or plastic substances resembling rubber.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [noun] > rubber-like material
rubberoid1879
elastomer1939
society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > synthetic resins and plastics > [noun] > synthetic rubber
artificial rubber1847
synthetic rubber1906
rubber1912
elastomer1939
1939 Industr. & Engin. Chem. (Industr. ed.) 31 944/2 The writer [sc. H. L. Fisher] also comes into the discussion with new suggestions, the first of which is ‘elastomer’. This word is reminiscent of isomer, electromer, metamer, and polymer... The writer presents elastomer to cover the elastic or rubberlike substances.
1940 Industr. & Engin. Chem. (News ed.) 18 757 (title) Chemigum—a new elastomer.
1940 Industr. & Engin. Chem. (News ed.) 18 757/2 Out of the study of more than 300 elastomers developed on a laboratory scale, the decision to study further..ten of these was arrived at.
1954 Sci. News 32 52 Rubbers, for which the appropriate name ‘elastomers’ has been coined and is used in the United States, are chain polymers which have been cross-linked to form a widely meshed network.
1958 New Scientist 17 Apr. 22/2 Flexible silicone elastomer tape.
1965 New Scientist 24 June 857/1 Although very expensive to produce, the elastomer yarns are finer and so the amount used is less than in the case of rubber.
Derivatives
elastoˈmeric adj.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > rubber materials > [adjective] > made of or with synthetic rubber
rubberoid1880
elastomeric1951
1951 Engineering CLXXI. 480/3 Brochure entitled ‘Elastomeric Engineering Examples’.
1963 Economist 16 Nov. 700/3 The new elastomeric synthetic fibres.
1970 Guardian 5 Sept. 4/4 Nylon/elastomeric support tights.
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