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superplastic

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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; cf. Russ sverkhplastíchnostʾ (1945) superplasticity


su⋅per⋅plas⋅tic⋅i⋅ty [soo-per-plas-tis-i-tee] , noun
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