styrofoam
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Expanded polystyrene
Etymology
From the trademark Styrofoam, from -styr- (from polystyrene) + connective -o- + foam.
Noun
styrofoam (countable and uncountable, plural styrofoams)
- Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.
- 2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184:
- In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter. Their densities range from that of styrofoam to iron.
- 2018 August 9, Gerald Porter Jr., Corinne Ramey, “Industry-Backed Group Keeps Fighting Foam Ban”, in The Wall Street Journal:
- Expanded polystyrene foam—commonly, although incorrectly, called Styrofoam—has been the subject of a protracted battle between New York City officials and large industry players, particularly Dart.
Derived terms
Translations
polymer
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