English Dictionary
◊ PLASTIC
plastic
adj 1: used of the imagination; "material...transformed by the
plastic power of the imagination" (Coleridge)
2: capable of being molded or modeled (especially of earth or
clay or other soft material); "plastic substances such as
wax or clay" [syn: {fictile}, {moldable}]
3: capable of being influenced or formed; "the plastic minds of
children"; "a pliant nature" [syn: {pliant}]
n : generic name for certain synthetic or semisynthetic
materials that can be molded or extruded into objects or
films or filaments or used for making e.g. coatings and
adhesives
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN CLASSIC?
classic
An adjective used before or after a noun to describe
the original version of something. This construction is
especially used of product series in which the newer versions
are considered worse than the older ones.
Examples include "Star Trek Classic" - the original TV series
as opposed to the films, ST The Next Generation or any of the
other spin-offs and follow-ups; or "PC Classic" - {IBM}'s
{ISA}-bus computers as opposed to the {PS/2} series.
(1996-10-27)