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 Definitions of resin  [ˈrɛz ɪn]  

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Definition of 'resin' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) resin
any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics.

2.  resin
a substance of this type obtained from certain pines; rosin.

3. (v.t.) resin
to treat or rub with resin.

Etymology:  (1350–1400; ME < OF resine < L rēsīna, prob. < a non-IE language; cf. Gk rhēt&imacracute;nē pine resin, from a related source)

Definition of 'resin' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) resin, rosin
any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules


Definition of 'resin' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) resin
any one of a class of yellowish brown solid inflammable substances, of vegetable origin, which are nonconductors of electricity, have a vitreous fracture, and are soluble in ether, alcohol, and essential oils, but not in water; specif., pine resin (see Rosin)


Definition of 'resin' The Standard Electrical Dictionary 

1.  resin
(a) The product obtained by non-destructive distillation of the juice of the pitch pine. It is the solid residue left after the turpentine has been evaporated or distilled. It is a mixture of abietic acid C44 H64 O5 and pinic acid C20 H30 O2. It is an insulator; its specific inductive capacity is 2.55. (Baltzmann.)

Synonyms--Colophony--Rosin.

(b) The name is also generally applied to similar substances obtained from the sap of other trees; thus shellac is a resin. The resins are a family of vegetable products; the solid portions of the sap of certain trees. Common resin, lac, dragons blood, are examples. They are all dielectrics and sources of resinous or negative electricity when rubbed with cotton, flannel, or silk. (See Electrostatic Series.)


Translation of 'resin' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: a sticky substance produced by certain trees (eg firs, pines) and some other plants.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: harpuis Arabic flag Arabic: راتينْج، صِمْغ الصُّنوبَر Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: смола
Brazilian flag Brazilian: resina Czech flag Czech: pryskyřice, smůla German flag German: das Harz
Danish flag Danish: harpiks Greek flag Greek: ρητίνη Spanish flag Spanish: resina
Estonian flag Estonian: vaik Farsi flag Farsi: صمغ گیاهی Finnish flag Finnish: pihka
French flag French: résine Hebrew flag Hebrew: שְׂרָף Hindi flag Hindi: राल, धूना
Croatian flag Croatian: smola (biljna) Hungarian flag Hungarian: gyanta Indonesian flag Indonesian: getah
Icelandic flag Icelandic: trjákvoða Italian flag Italian: resina Japanese flag Japanese: 樹脂
Korean flag Korean: 합성 수지 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sakai Latvian flag Latvian: gumija
Malay flag Malay: resin Dutch flag Dutch: hars Norwegian flag Norwegian: harpiks, kvae
Polish flag Polish: żywica Persian flag Persian: صمغ گیاهی Pashto flag Pashto: ژاوله، كنډ، كنډورى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: resina Romanian flag Romanian: răşină Russian flag Russian: смола
Slovak flag Slovak: živica; smola Slovenian flag Slovenian: smola Serbian flag Serbian: smola
Swedish flag Swedish: kåda Thai flag Thai: ยางไม้ Turkish flag Turkish: reçine; sakız
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 樹脂,松香 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: смола, камедь Urdu flag Urdu: گوند
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: nhựa cây Chinese flag Chinese: 树脂,松香

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