synthetic rubber

noun

1. any of several substances similar to natural rubber in properties and uses, produced by the polymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, as butylene or isoprene, or by the copolymerization of such hydrocarbons with styrene, butadiene, or the like.

synthetic rubber

noun

1. any of various synthetic materials, similar to natural rubber, made by polymerizing unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as isoprene and butadiene

Example Sentences

No one ever forgot the roly-poly pudding made without suet; synthetic rubber was its scientific name.

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But a great deal of scientific effort resulted in no more than what, for instance, synthetic rubber has been.

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The problem of synthetic rubber has then been solved scientifically but not industrially.

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So it is evident that the supply of synthetic rubber could not have been adequate or satisfactory.

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For thirty-seven hours now they had been working on a report of their investigations of synthetic rubber.

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