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Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of
matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. |
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Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or
plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child. |
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Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of,
molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by,
molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in
distinction from painting and the graphic arts. |
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a substance composed predominantly of a synthetic organic
high polymer capable of being cast or molded; many varieties of plastic
are used to produce articles of commerce (after 1900). [MW10 gives
origin of word as 1905] |
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