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res⋅in
[rez-in] 
–noun
| 1. | any of a class of nonvolatile, solid or semisolid organic substances, as copal or mastic, that consist of amorphous mixtures of carboxylic acids and are obtained directly from certain plants as exudations or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules: used in medicine and in the making of varnishes and plastics. |
| 2. | a substance of this type obtained from certain pines; rosin. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to treat or rub with resin. |
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < OF resine < L rēsīna, prob. < a non-IE language; cf. Gk rhēt
nē pine resin, from a related source
1350–1400; ME < OF resine < L rēsīna, prob. < a non-IE language; cf. Gk rhēt
nē pine resin, from a related sourceRelated forms:
res⋅in⋅like, adjective
Res⋅in
[rez-in] –noun
| a male given name. |
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| res·in (rěz'ĭn) n.
To treat or rub with resin. [Middle English, from Old French resine, from Latin rēsīna, from Greek dialectal *rhēsīnā, variant of Greek rhētīnē.] res'in·ous (rěz'ə-nəs) adj. |
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Resin
Res"in\ (r?z"?n), n. [F. r['e]sine, L. resina; cf. Gr. "rhti`nh Cf. Rosin.] 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). Note: Resins exude from trees in combination with essential oils, gums, etc., and in a liquid or semiliquid state. They are composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, and are supposed to be formed by the oxidation of the essential oils. Copal, mastic, quaiacum, and colophony or pine resin, are some of them. When mixed with gum, they form the gum resins, like asafetida and gamboge; mixed with essential oils, they frorm balsams, or oleoresins. Highgate resin (Min.), a fossil resin resembling copal, occuring in blue clay at Highgate, near London. Resin bush (Bot.), a low composite shrub (Euryops speciosissimus) of South Africa, having smooth pinnately parted leaves and abounding in resin.
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Language Translation for : resin
Spanish:
resina,
German:
das Harz,
Japanese:
樹脂
resin
1388, from O.Fr. resine, from L. resina "resin," from Gk. rhetine "resin of the pine," of unknown origin.
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Main Entry: res·in
Pronunciation: 'rez-&n
Function: noun
1 a : any of various solid or semisolid amorphous fusible flammablenatural organic substances that are usually transparent or translucent and yellowish to brown, are formed especially in plant secretions, are soluble in organic solvents (as ether) but not in water,and are electrical nonconductors b : ROSIN c : a solid pharmaceutical preparation consistingchiefly of the resinous principles of a drug or drugs usually extracted by solvents <resin of jalap>
2 a : any of a large class of synthetic products that have some ofthe physical properties of natural resins but are different chemically and are used chiefly in plastics b : any of various products made from a natural resin or a natural polymer
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resin res·in (rěz'ĭn)
n.
- Any of numerous clear to translucent yellow or brown, solid or semisolid, viscous substances of plant origin, such as copal, rosin, and amber.
- Any of numerous physically similar polymerized synthetics or chemically modified natural resins including thermoplastic materials and thermosetting materials.
- Rosin.
- A precipitate formed by the addition of water to certain tinctures.
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resin (rěz'ĭn) Pronunciation Key
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