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plastic \Plas"tic\ (pl[a^]s"t[i^]k), a. [L. plasticus, Gr. ?, fr. ? to form, mold:
cf. F. plastique.] 1. Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of
matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. --Prior.
plastic -plastic \-plas"tic\ (-pl[a^]s"t[i^]k). [Gr. ? fit for molding, plastic, fr. ? to mold, to form.] A combining form signifying developing, forming, growing; as, heteroplastic, monoplastic, polyplastic.
plastic adj 1: used of the imagination; "material...transformed by the plastic power of the imagination" (Coleridge) 2: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as wax or clay" [syn: fictile, moldable] 3: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: pliant] n : generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and adhesives
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