resin
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.
Also rosin . a substance of this type obtained from certain pines.
to treat or rub with resin.
Origin of resin
1Other words from resin
- res·in·like, adjective
Words that may be confused with resin
- resin , rosin
Other definitions for Resin (2 of 2)
a male given name.
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How to use resin in a sentence
Kelley recreated the inconsistent renditions of the mythical city depicted throughout the comic series in luminous color resins.
Composite fillings are typically made of glass or quartz mixed with resins and adhesives.
Can Children's Dental Fillings Spur Depression? | Florence Williams | July 16, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the other hand, if resins be dissolved in spirit of wine, the affusion of water will separate them.
Anime, an′im, n. the resin of the West Indian locust-tree—used also for other gums and resins.
Above all there grew trees oozing with delicious-scented resins or gums.
The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind | Herbert George Wells
Test another portion of the filtrate made in testing for foreign resins, with a few drops of a solution of gelatin.
Detection of the Common Food Adulterants | Edwin M. BruceThis is done to dissolve out all the gum and resins, in order to leave the pure cellulose matter.
The Building of a Book | Various
British Dictionary definitions for resin
/ (ˈrɛzɪn) /
any of a group of solid or semisolid amorphous compounds that are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations. They are used in medicine and in varnishes
any of a large number of synthetic, usually organic, materials that have a polymeric structure, esp such a substance in a raw state before it is moulded or treated with plasticizer, stabilizer, filler, etc: Compare plastic (def. 1)
(tr) to treat or coat with resin
Origin of resin
1Derived forms of resin
- resinous, adjective
- resinously, adverb
- resinousness, noun
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Scientific definitions for resin
[ rĕz′ĭn ]
Any of numerous clear or translucent, yellowish or brownish substances that ooze from certain trees and plants. Resins are used in products such as varnishes, lacquers, adhesives, plastics, and drugs. Balsam is a resin.
Any of various artificial substances, such as polyurethane, that have similar properties to natural resins and are used to make plastics.
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