plasticized, ppl. a.
(ˈplæstɪsaɪzd)
[f. prec. + -ed1.]
1. Rendered (more) plastic; treated with a plasticizer.
| 1943 Industr. & Engin. Chem. May 383/2 Paper and cloth coated with the plasticized esters may be crumpled without cracking the coating. 1971 Nature 3 Dec. 254/2 Plastic coatings may be applied to metals by dipping the preheated metal part into either a fluidized bed of polymer powder or into a liquid plastisol. The former process is applicable to polyethylene, nylon and unplasticized PVC, whereas the latter is applicable only to plasticized PVC compounds. |
2. Treated or made with plastic.
| 1945 Richmond (Va.) News-Leader 26 July 27/2 Sheer originality is seen in the new plasticized beaver fur coat which will not mat or curl in the stormiest weather. 1972 Daily Tel. 7 Jan. 13 The cover-ups in plastic or plasticised cotton are good for sploshy activities like painting, attempts at cooking. |
3. fig. = plastic a. 9 b.
| 1974 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 12 Oct. 8/1 The CEGEPs are huge, modern, plasticized education factories of as many as 5,000 students with little discipline, relaxed standards and the best equipment money can buy. 1975 R. H. Rimmer Premar Experiments (1976) ii. 156 A simpler world of man experiencing man instead of machines and a plasticized environment? |