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
The spheres confined the viscous, quick-setting silicone, preventing it from entering the main bloodstream, where it could cause obstructions.
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
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 Coolidge, Dane
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