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Bakelite
[ bey-kuh-lahyt, beyk-lahyt ]
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Bakelite1
C20: named after L. H. Baekeland (1863–1944), Belgian-born US inventor; see -ite 1
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Example Sentences
This second dial was no more than a thin disk of hard rubber or bakelite, with a red scratch-mark on one side.
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Yeah, some of them are on bakelite and some we just use a clip and maybe a piece of cardboard.
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Bakelite is a substitute for hard rubber or amber, invented by the eminent chemist Dr. Baekeland.
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Its chamber, the most striking feature, was a cube of roughly six feet, built of dull material resembling bakelite.
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This is a name the Australians coined for synthetic resin made from phenol and formaldehyde like bakelite.
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