RESIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does resin mean? 

• RESIN (noun)
  The noun RESIN has 1 sense:

1. any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

  Familiarity information: RESIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RESIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of a class of solid or semisolid viscous substances obtained either as exudations from certain plants or prepared by polymerization of simple molecules

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

resin; rosin

Hypernyms ("resin" is a kind of...):

organic compound (any compound of carbon and another element or a radical)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "resin"):

East India kino; kino gum; Malabar kino (reddish or black juice or resin from certain trees of the genus Pterocarpus and used in medicine and tanning etc)

natural resin (a plant exudate)

synthetic resin (a resin having a polymeric structure; especially a resin in the raw state; used chiefly in plastics)

Derivation:

resinate (impregnate with resin to give a special flavor to)

resinous; resiny (having the characteristics of pitch or tar)

 Context examples 

The resin has anti-inflammatory effects and has been used to treat arthritis, asthma, and ulcerative colitis.

(Boswellia serrata, NCI Dictionary)

The oily resin extracted from Ferula galbaniflua.

(Galbanum Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Glycol dimethacrylate is a reactive resin used as a functional monomer and a crosslinking agent in polymer production.

(Glycol Dimethacrylate, NCI Thesaurus)

Ethylene dibromide is used as a chemical intermediate in the synthesis of resins, waxes, gums, dyes and pharmaceuticals and is used to produce vinyl bromide.

(Ethylene Dibromide, NCI Thesaurus)

Diepoxybutane is primarily used for research purposes, but is also used as a curing agent for polymer resins and as a cross-linking agent for making synthetic textile fibers.

(Diepoxybutane, NCI Thesaurus)

To surround an object with a firm chemical substance such as wax or resin, in order to perform cutting of thin sections for microscopic examination.

(Embedding, NCI Thesaurus)

The oil extracted from the resin of various Boswellia species.

(Indian Frankincense Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

It enhances the attachment of resin cements or restorative materials to the surface.

(Microetching, NCI Thesaurus)

An embolic bead that is made from a plastic-like resin or polymer.

(Plastic Embolic Bead, NCI Thesaurus)

Soon the sand was baking and the resin melting in the logs of the block house.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)