Latex Definition

lātĕks
latexes, latices
noun
latexes
A milky liquid containing resins, proteins, etc., present in certain plants and trees, as the rubber tree, milkweed, and poppy: used esp. as the basis of rubber.
Webster's New World
A suspension in water of particles of natural or synthetic rubber or plastic: used in rubber goods, adhesives, paints, etc.
Webster's New World
A similar material made from polymers derived from petroleum; synthetic latex.
American Heritage Medicine
Latex paint.
American Heritage Medicine
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Other Word Forms of Latex

Noun

Singular:
latex
Plural:
latices, latexes

Origin of Latex

  • From Latin latex

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin fluid

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Latex Sentence Examples

  • The trees are regularly tapped and the coagulated latex which exudes is collected and worked up into rubber.

  • To obtain the rubber, the latex is usually treated in the following manner.

  • As the removal of the impurities of the latex is one of the essential points to be aimed at, it was thought that the use of a centrifugal machine to separate the caoutchouc as a cream from the watery part of the latex would prove to be a satisfactory process.

  • The watery portion of the latex soaks into the trunk, and the soft spongy rubber which remains is kneaded and pressed into lumps or balls.

  • There is no feasible method at present known of preventing the inclusion of the resin of the latex with the rubber during coagulation, and although the separation of the resin from the solid caoutchouc by means of solvents is possible, it is not practicable or profitable commercially.

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Words Starting With

LLALAT

Words Ending With

XEXTEX

Unscrambles

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Words Starting With L and Ending With X

Starts With L & Ends With XStarts With LA & Ends With XStarts With L & Ends With EX

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