Bakelite

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See also: bakelite, bakélite, and Bakélite

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An item composed of bakelite

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Etymology

Patented July 1907 by its inventor, Leo Hendrik Baekeland. See -ite.

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Noun

Bakelite (uncountable)

  1. A heat-resisting chemically inert phenol formaldehyde resin (an early thermosetting plastic).

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