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superplastic

[soo-per-plas-tik]

su·per·plas·tic

[soo-per-plas-tik]
adjective
(of some metals and alloys) having the capacity to undergo extreme deformation at high temperatures.

Origin:
1945–50; super- + plastic; compare Russian sverkhplastíchnostʾ (1945) superplasticity

su·per·plas·tic·i·ty [soo-per-plas-tis-i-tee] , noun
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superplastic (ˌsuːpəˈplæstɪk)
 
adj
1.  (of a metal, alloy, etc) very easily moulded at high temperatures without fracturing
 
n
2.  such a metal, alloy, etc
 
superplas'ticity
 
n

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