MEANING
A polymer material that forms a hardened structure through curing and cannot simply be remelted for reshaping.
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- thermoset resin
- thermoset composite
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The thermoset resisted softening at the tested temperature.
They cured the thermoset inside a mold.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular thermoset; plural thermosets. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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