Bakelite Definition

bākə-līt, bāklīt
noun
Such a resin.
Webster's New World

A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).

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Origin of Bakelite

  • Patented July 1907 by its inventor, Leo Hendrik Baekeland. See -ite.

    From Wiktionary

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