plastics

American  

[plas-tiks] / ˈplæs tɪks /

adjective

1. of or relating to a plastic or plastics.

   a plastics firm; plastics research.

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Etymology

Origin of plastics

First recorded in 1920–25; plastic, -ics

Example Sentences

However, a handful of other commodities like helium, plastics and aluminum stand to see supply shocks as the war goes on.

From Salon

However, their chemical similarity to certain plastics makes them difficult to distinguish in lab analyses, increasing the risk of false positives when studying microplastic pollution.

From Science Daily

"By drying and heating the remaining material, we were able to measure the characteristic molecules of different types of plastics in the Utrecht laboratory, using mass spectrometry," Ten Hietbrink explains.

From Science Daily

Naphtha, ethane and propane are the building blocks of plastics.

From The Wall Street Journal

These spills also have been shown to introduce waste products like plastics and drugs into rivers and seas.

From BBC