res|in

res|in
res|in «REHZ uhn», noun, verb.
–n.
1. a sticky, yellow or brown substance that flows from certain plants and trees, especially the pine and fir. Resin is transparent or translucent, does not conduct electricity, and is used in medicine, varnish, plastics, inks, and adhesives. When pine resin is heated it yields turpentine; the hard yellow substance that remains is called rosin. Copal, rosin, and amber are types of resin.
2. any one of a large group of resinous substances that are made artificially and are used especially in making plastics: »

Synthetic resins are made up of many simple molecules linked together to form large complex ones [called] high polymers (W. Norton Jones, Jr.).

–v.t.
to treat, rub, or coat with resin.
╂[< Latin rēsīna < rasis raw pitch]
–res´in|like´, adjective.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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