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factice

/ˈfæktɪs/

factice noun: vulcanized unsaturated vegetable or animal oil, used as a processing aid and property modifier in rubber.

Noun

factice (countable and uncountable, plural factices)

  1. Vulcanized unsaturated vegetable or animal oil, used as a processing aid and property modifier in rubber.
    • Although factice is, strictly speaking, not a plasticizer, being added to mixes for a whole range of reasons including the improvement of dimensional stability and rigidity of unsupported articles in hot air cures, the improvement of surface finish and electrical insulation, it does nevertheless...1999, M.J. Loadman, Analysis of Rubber and Rubber-like Polymers, page 56
  2. An oversized, mock perfume bottle, usually filled with colored water instead of perfume, used for display purposes in perfumeries.

Forms of factice

pluralfactices

Words that rhyme with factice

Questions about factice

What does factice mean?
Factice means vulcanized unsaturated vegetable or animal oil, used as a processing aid and property modifier in rubber.
What part of speech is factice?
Factice is a noun.
How do you pronounce factice?
Factice is pronounced /ˈfæktɪs/.
What is the plural of factice?
The plural of factice is factices.

Words near factice in the dictionary

  1. factial
  2. factiality
  3. factic
  4. factical
  5. factically
  6. factice
  7. factices
  8. facticidal
  9. facticide
  10. facticides
  11. facticities

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