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latex
[ ley-teks ]
noun
- a milky liquid in certain plants, as milkweeds, euphorbias, poppies, or the plants yielding India rubber, that coagulates on exposure to air.
- Chemistry. any emulsion in water of finely divided particles of synthetic rubber or plastic.
latex
/ ˈɪɛ /
noun
- a whitish milky fluid containing protein, starch, alkaloids, etc, that is produced by many plants. Latex from the rubber tree is used in the manufacture of rubber
- a suspension of synthetic rubber or plastic in water, used in the manufacture of synthetic rubber products, etc
latex
/ ′ĕ′ /
- The colorless or milky sap of certain trees and plants, such as the milkweed and the rubber tree, that hardens when exposed to the air. Latex usually contains gum resins, waxes, and oils, and sometimes toxic substances.
- A manufactured emulsion of synthetic rubber or plastic droplets in water that resembles the latex of plants. It is used in paints, adhesives, and synthetic rubber products.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of latex1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of latex1
Example Sentences
Several purchases of knives had also been made online, and officers found knives, latex gloves and a balaclava at his home in Purley.
He added that wearing rubber or latex gloves won’t protect you against sugar burns and may actually worsen them.
That conference, among other things, turned the Congo over to Belgium’s King Leopold II, who soon killed off half its population to extract its latex rubber, the “black gold” of that day.
Not to be flippant, but that’s exactly what every day under Trump’s second term has felt like so far — minus the latex.
Personnel wore white hazmat suits, blue latex gloves, black sunglasses and respirators as they navigated around a burned-out panel van and blackened metal bed frame.
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