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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? Ancient Greek πλάσσω (plássō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic Latin -i- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *θakos Proto-Italic *-fakos Latin -ficus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -ficō Latin -ificāreder. Old French -ifierbor. Middle English -ifien English -ify English plastify From plastic + -ify.

Meanings

1. To make or become plastic or malleable.
   • Oh. Well, I can't identify the spell that was cast – other than that it required a large amount of magic – which would fit in with a shrink and plastify. 2010, Chris Dolley, Magical Crimes: Twenty-Four Inches From Tulsa:
   • Some materials have a distinctly defined yield point, e.g. most steels, whereas other materials start to plastify gradually at very low stresses. 2006, Karl U. Kainer, Magnesium:
   • Mixer 4 may be any conventional single screw or twin-screw extruder equipped with heating means to plastify the thermoplastic resin mix therein. 1977, Maurice William Ranney, Reinforced plastics and elastomers: recent developments, page 144:
   • At a soft initial deformation response, all cross-sections or loaded layers within the gauge length of the specimen may not plastify due to the variation of the actual load-bearing area along the specimen. 1996, Metal Powder Industries Federation, APMI International, American Powder Metallurgy Institute, Advances in Powder Metallurgy & Particulate Materials:

Forms

Deriveds

deplastify

Translations (1)

es plastificar (To make or become plastic or malleable)