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Thiokol

Thiokol noun: any of various organic polysulfide polymers, used as elastomers in seals and sealants.

Noun

Thiokol (countable and uncountable, plural Thiokols)

  1. Any of various organic polysulfide polymers, used as elastomers in seals and sealants.
    • The preparation of polymers from Raw Materials III essentially extends raw material potentials to synthesize Thiokols […]2007, Gennadiĭ Efremovich Zaikov, Gerald S. Kirshenbaum, Chemical Physics and Physical Chemistry: Step Into the Future, page 45

Forms of Thiokol

pluralThiokols

Origin of Thiokol

Trademark, from Ancient Greek θεῖον (theîon, “sulfur”) and κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

Questions about Thiokol

What does Thiokol mean?
Thiokol means any of various organic polysulfide polymers, used as elastomers in seals and sealants.
What part of speech is Thiokol?
Thiokol is a noun.
What is the plural of Thiokol?
The plural of Thiokol is Thiokols.

Words near Thiokol in the dictionary

  1. thioketals
  2. thioketone
  3. thioketones
  4. thiokinase
  5. thiokinases
  6. Thiokol
  7. Thiokols
  8. thiol
  9. thiolactam
  10. thiolactams
  11. thiolactomycin

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