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Definition of Caoutchouc
1. Noun. An elastic material obtained from the latex sap of trees (especially trees of the genera Hevea and Ficus) that can be vulcanized and finished into a variety of products.
Specialized synonyms: Foam Rubber, Crepe Rubber, Cold Rubber, Ebonite, Hard Rubber, Vulcanite, Para Rubber
Generic synonyms: Latex
Derivative terms: Rubber, Rubberize, Rubbery
Definition of Caoutchouc
1. n. A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization.
Definition of Caoutchouc
1. Noun. latex; natural rubber ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Caoutchouc
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Caoutchouc
Literary usage of Caoutchouc
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"ether extracte from amber-coloured caoutchouc 68 per cent, ... caoutchouc is not
altered by dilute acids. Strong sulphuric acid acts slowly, ..."
2. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1866)
"Aqueous potash, even in very strong solution (Faraday), and alcoholic potash are
without action on caoutchouc, even when heated (Bernard; Achard). ..."
3. Elements of Chemistry: Theoretical and Practical by William Allen Miller (1880)
"The caoutchouc is not dissolved in the juice, but is merely suspended in it, ...
caoutchouc may be preserved unaltered for an indefinite time if excluded ..."
4. A Handbook of Chemical Technology by Johannes Rudolf Wagner (1872)
"When caoutchouc is immersed for some time in molten sulphur it absorbs the latter,
... Vulcanised india-rubber is insoluble in the solvents of caoutchouc. ..."
5. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry (1831)
"caoutchouc, or Elastic Gum. caoutchouc is chiefly the product of two trees, ...
Exposed to the air it solidified into caoutchouc of the usual quality; ..."
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