metalloplastic

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adjective

Comprising both metal and plastic

OriginEnglish plastic ← Latin plasticus ← Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós) →
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Meanings

adjectivemetalloplastic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableComprising both metal and plastic
nounmetalloplastic (plural metalloplastics)

plural metalloplastics

  1. A material comprising both metal and plastic.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekμέτᾰλλον (métăllon)
  2. Englishmetallo-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  4. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  5. Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
  6. Ancient Greekπλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)
  7. Latinplasticus
  8. Englishplastic
  9. Englishmetalloplastic

From metallo- + plastic.

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Translations

French métalloplastique
  • métalloplastiqueTranslations
Italian metalloplastica
  • metalloplasticaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

metalloplastic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalloplastic

MLA

“metalloplastic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalloplastic. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “metalloplastic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/metalloplastic.

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