THERMOSETTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thermosetting mean? 

• THERMOSETTING (adjective)
  The adjective THERMOSETTING has 1 sense:

1. having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured

  Familiarity information: THERMOSETTING used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• THERMOSETTING (adjective)

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Meaning:

Having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured

Synonyms:

thermoset; thermosetting

Context example:

the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials

Antonym:

thermoplastic (having the property of softening or fusing when heated and of hardening and becoming rigid again when cooled)

 Context examples 

Various high-molecular-weight thermoplastic or thermosetting polymers that are capable of being molded, extruded, drawn, or otherwise shaped and then hardened into a form.

(Plastic, NCI Thesaurus)

The term refers particularly, to thermoplastic and thermosetting resins, poly-siloxanes, polymers associated with restorative materials; ionic polymers, silicones, polymethylmethacrylate, BIS-GMA, reinforced polymers, composites, metals, cements, dental porcelains, etc.

(Dental Material, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)