Definition of Plastec

Plas"tic (plăs"t&ibreve;k), a. [L. plasticus, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to form, mold: cf. F. plastique.] 1. Having the power to give form or fashion to a mass of matter; as, the plastic hand of the Creator. Prior.

See plastic Nature working to his end.

Pope.

2. Capable of being molded, formed, or modeled, as clay or plaster; -- used also figuratively; as, the plastic mind of a child.

3. Pertaining or appropriate to, or characteristic of, molding or modeling; produced by, or appearing as if produced by, molding or modeling; -- said of sculpture and the kindred arts, in distinction from painting and the graphic arts.

Medallions . . . fraught with the plastic beauty and grace of the palmy days of Italian art.

J. S. Harford.

Plastic clay(Geol.), one of the beds of the Eocene period; -- so called because used in making pottery.Lyell. -- Plastic element(Physiol.), one that bears within the germs of a higher form. -- Plastic exudation(Med.), an exudation thrown out upon a wounded surface and constituting the material of repair by which the process of healing is effected. -- Plastic foods. (Physiol.)See the second Note under Food. -- Plastic force. (Physiol.)See under Force. -- Plastic operation, an operation in plastic surgery. -- Plastic surgery, that branch of surgery which is concerned with the repair or restoration of lost, injured, or deformed parts of the body.

A stiff but usually slightly flexible synthetic material, generally consisting of a hydrocarbon-based polymer.
Any similar synthetic material.
(slang) credit or debit cards used in place of cash to buy goods and services
Of or pertaining to the inelastic, non-brittle, deformation of a material.
Capable of adapting to varying conditions: ecologically plastic animals,see Charles Darwin: Origin of Species.
Constructed of plastic.

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