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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)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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Webster Dictionary |
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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)
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The Standard Electrical Dictionary |
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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.)
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Sense: a sticky substance produced by certain trees (eg firs, pines) and some other plants.
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 Afrikaans: harpuis |
 Arabic: راتينْج، صِمْغ الصُّنوبَر |
 Bulgarian: смола |
 Brazilian: resina |
 Czech: pryskyřice, smůla |
 German: das Harz |
 Danish: harpiks |
 Greek: ρητίνη |
 Spanish: resina |
 Estonian: vaik |
 Farsi: صمغ گیاهی |
 Finnish: pihka |
 French: résine |
 Hebrew: שְׂרָף |
 Hindi: राल, धूना |
 Croatian: smola (biljna) |
 Hungarian: gyanta |
 Indonesian: getah |
 Icelandic: trjákvoða |
 Italian: resina |
 Japanese: 樹脂 |
 Korean: 합성 수지 |
 Lithuanian: sakai |
 Latvian: gumija |
 Malay: resin |
 Dutch: hars |
 Norwegian: harpiks, kvae |
 Polish: żywica |
 Persian: صمغ گیاهی |
 Pashto: ژاوله، كنډ، كنډورى |
 Portuguese: resina |
 Romanian: răşină |
 Russian: смола |
 Slovak: živica; smola |
 Slovenian: smola |
 Serbian: smola |
 Swedish: kåda |
 Thai: ยางไม้ |
 Turkish: reçine; sakız |
 Taiwanese: 樹脂，松香 |
 Ukrainian: смола, камедь |
 Urdu: گوند |
 Vietnamese: nhựa cây |
 Chinese: 树脂，松香 |
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