quick-setting
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of quick-setting
First recorded in 1515–25
Example Sentences
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His accountant, Sid Gerwin, introduced him to Samuel Muchnick, a chemist, who developed a process to mass-produce synthetic drumheads by using a quick-setting liquid resin that bonded the plastic film to an aluminum hoop.
From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2016
Hartley's men learned to outwit some mechanisms by injecting a quick-setting plastic.
From Time Magazine Archive
It takes him about an hour to make an impression of the baby's mouth and craft the appliance in quick-setting acrylic.
From Time Magazine Archive
Then Dr. Selverstone sprays on a second coat, using a new, quick-setting epoxy resin.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every night, every shift, the swelling ground moved in, breaking stulls and square-sets like tooth-picks; and now with solid steel and quick-setting concrete they were fighting for the life of the mine.
From Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp by Dane Coolidge
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