Vinyliten.
/ˈvʌɪnɪlʌɪt//ˈvʌɪnʌɪlʌɪt/ A proprietary name for a vinyl resin used esp. in the manufacture of gramophone records.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > synthetic resins and plastics > [noun] > synthetic resin > specific synthetic resins
coumarone resin1900
novolak1909
glyptal1915
marblette1927
Vinylite1929
polyolefin1930
polysulphone1934
urea resin1937
melamine resin1939
polyurethane1939
polyvinylidene chloride1940
polyvinyl butyral1941
polyimide1945
Teflon1945
Araldite1946
polytetrafluoroethylene1946
epoxy resin1950
urethane1956
Maraglas1962
tartan1964
alkyd1984
1929 Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 28 May 852/2 Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Corporation, New York... Vinylite for artificial resins in powder form or in form of plates or sheets and molding mixtures containing such resins.
1929 Trade Marks Jrnl. 25 Sept. 1635/2 Vinylite... Synthetic resin sold in slabs, sheets, bars and tubes for industrial purposes and moulding materials made of synthetic resin. Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation.., New York.
1936 Jrnl. Aeronaut. Sci. Nov. 13/1 For smaller aircraft, Plexiglas, Glyptal, and Vinylite are available in sheet form.
1956 A. Huxley Adonis & Alphabet 123 We must depend on the vinylite record and the slow-speed phonograph for any large-scale revival of spoken literature.
1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XVII. 53/2 In 1948, fine-groove records of clear Vinylite were introduced by two different manufacturers.
1977 Gramophone May 1762/3 The ace up the CBS sleeve, which really made the LP viable, was the changeover from noisy, abrasive, brittle shellac to quiet, soft, unbreakable vinylite for the new disc material.
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