Bakelite

[ bey-kuh-lahyt, beyk-lahyt ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

Trademark.

a brand name for any of a series of thermosetting plastics prepared by heating phenol or cresol with formaldehyde and ammonia under pressure: used for radio cabinets, telephone receivers, electric insulators, and molded plastic ware.

Bakelite

/ ˈbeɪkəˌlaɪt /

noun

any one of a class of thermosetting resins used as electric insulators and for making plastic ware, telephone receivers, etc

C20: named after L. H. Baekeland (1863–1944), Belgian-born US inventor; see -ite ¹

This second dial was no more than a thin disk of hard rubber or bakelite, with a red scratch-mark on one side.

Yeah, some of them are on bakelite and some we just use a clip and maybe a piece of cardboard.

Bakelite is a substitute for hard rubber or amber, invented by the eminent chemist Dr. Baekeland.

Its chamber, the most striking feature, was a cube of roughly six feet, built of dull material resembling bakelite.

This is a name the Australians coined for synthetic resin made from phenol and formaldehyde like bakelite.

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