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1. (n.) balata
a gum obtained from the latex of the bully tree, used in golf ball covers and machinery belts.
Etymology: (1855–60; < AmerSp < Carib)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) balata, gutta balata
when dried yields a hard substance used e.g. in golf balls
2. (noun) balata, balata tree, beefwood, bully tree, Manilkara bidentata
a tropical hardwood tree yielding balata gum and heavy red timber
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. balata
a vegetable gum used as a substitute for gutta-percha, being at once ductile and elastic; goes under the name of bully.
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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1. balata
A gum used as an insulating material. It is the inspissated juice of a sapotaceous tree, the bullet tree, Mimusops globosa, of tropical America, from the Antilles to Guiana. It is intermediate in character between caoutchouc and gutta percha. It is superior to gutta percha in some respects, being very slightly acted on by light.
Synonym--Chicle.
B. & S.. W. G. Abbreviation for Brown & Sharpe Wire Gauge; the regular American Wire Gauge. (See Wire Gauge, American.)
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