Epoxy

Definitions: Epoxy

Epoxy

Noun

1. A thermosetting resin; used chiefly in strong adhesives and coatings and laminates.

Verb

1. Glue with epoxy; "epoxy the shards".

Specialty Definitions: Epoxy

Domain	Definitions
Chemical Industry	Epoxy is thermosetting resin used as a cement. Source: European Union. (references)
Electrical Engineering	A family of thermosetting resins usually used as adhesives or encapsulants. Source: European Union. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Epoxy

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
EP	English	Epoxy plastic	N/A
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Epoxy

Synonyms: epoxy glue (n), epoxy resin (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Epoxy

English words defined with "epoxy": Crazy Glue ♦ epoxy glue, epoxy resin. (references)

Specialty definitions using "epoxy": ASSEMBLER, SEMICONDUCTOR ♦ BOW MAKER, PRODUCTION, BRUSH-HEAD MAKER ♦ cement finisher, CEMENT MASON, cement paver, CERAMIC CAPACITOR PROCESSOR, concrete finisher, concrete floater, conformal coating, CRYSTAL GRINDER, CRYSTAL MOUNTER, CUSTOM SKI MAKER ♦ DIE ATTACHER ♦ ELECTRONICS ASSEMBLER, Epichlorohydrin, epoxide equivalent, epoxy dermatitis, epoxy ester, Epoxy Resins, epoxy transistor, ETCHED-CIRCUIT PROCESSOR ♦ INSPECTOR-REPAIRER ♦ LANE-MARKER INSTALLER ♦ microelectronics processor, molded transistor, moulded transistor ♦ PAINTER HELPER, SHIPYARD, Plastic Embedding ♦ SKI MOLDER, SKI REPAIRER, PRODUCTION, SKI-BINDING FITTER-AND-REPAIRER, SUPERVISOR, EPOXY FABRICATION ♦ Tissue Embedding. (references)

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Modern Usage: Epoxy

Domain	Usage
Movie/TV Titles	Epoxy kärlek & rock (1988)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Epoxy

Domain	Title
Books	Advances in Polymer Science: Epoxy Resins and Composites IV (Advances in Polymer Science) (reference) Chemistry and Technology of Epoxy Resins (reference) Chinese Markets for Epoxy Resins [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference) Epoxy Epistles: Letters That Stick (reference) Epoxy injection (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Ca Selects: Epoxy Resins (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Hooked On Fly Tying, HPR1 Getting Started With Epoxy - Page Rogers (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

High Tech	Stackable Rack for CD/zip Disks Black Epoxy (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)

Consumer Goods	Superior 151-44G Epoxy Float (reference) (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Epoxy

Subject	Topic	Quote
Business		Each year, China only produces a small amount of antistatic agents, however demand for these agents is over 5,000 tons. China also needs to import a large amount of raw materials such as aliphatic alcohol, nonyl phenol, and epoxy chloropropane. (references)
		As the consumption of neoprene adhesives and epoxy adhesives increases, local products have not been able to meet market demand by 2000. China also needs specific adhesives such as structural adhesives for automobiles and buildings, electronics adhesives, sealants, aqueous adhesives, thermosols and related sizing instruments. (references)
		Besides polyester, epoxy resin, saturated polyester, and acrylic resin coatings, the low-pollution coatings, special coatings, and functional coatings such as water-soluble coatings, high solid coatings, powder coatings and light-solidified coatings are seeing good sales in the local market because they mainly rely on imports. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Epoxy

"Epoxy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Epoxy" is used about 61 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	100%	61	43,149

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Epoxy

Expressions using "epoxy": epoxy dermatitis ♦ epoxy ester ♦ epoxy glue ♦ epoxy plastic ♦ epoxy resin ♦ Epoxy Resins ♦ epoxy transistor. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "epoxy": epoxy-based, epoxy-covered, epoxy-resin.
	Ending with "epoxy": glass-epoxy.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Epoxy

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
epoxy	416	epoxy floor covering	17
epoxy resin	155	conductive epoxy	16
epoxy paint	132	epoxy glue	16
epoxy coating	98	wood epoxy	15
epoxy floor	78	epoxy stone	14
epoxy flooring	73	fiberglass epoxy	14
epoxy floor coating	59	epoxy primer	14
west system epoxy	51	epoxy shield	13
epoxy grout	49	hardman epoxy	13
epoxy garage floor	48	industrial epoxy flooring	12
adhesive epoxy	47	epoxy concrete coating	11
epoxy floor paint	42	cement epoxy	11
garage floor epoxy paint	28	system three epoxy	11
epoxy surf board	28	epoxy finish	11
epoxy injection	25	epoxy garage floor coating	11
concrete epoxy	20	high temperature epoxy	11
epoxy technology	20	epoxy wood filler	10
epoxy putty	19	epoxy west	10
marine epoxy	19	concrete floor epoxy coating	10
epoxy pool paint	17	epoxy spray paint	10
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Epoxy

Language		Translations for "epoxy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Chinese		环氧. (various references)

Danish		epoxyplast, epoxy (epoxide). (various references)

Dutch		epoxy (epoxide). (various references)

Finnish		epoksi (epoxide). (various references)

French		résine époxydique (ep, epoxide resin, epoxy resin), époxyde. (various references)

German		Epoxyd. (various references)

Greek		εποξεικά, εποξειδικά. (various references)

Hungarian		epoxi-gyök. (various references)

Italian		esteri epossidici (epoxy esters), transistore in contenitore epossidico (epoxy transistor, molded transistor, moulded transistor), resine epossiviniliche (epoxy vinyl resins), resine epossifenoliche (phenolic epoxy resins), gruppo epossidico (epoxide group, epoxy group), dermatite da resine ipossiche (epoxy dermatitis). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		エホバの証人 (ebonite, Jehovah's Witnesses). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		エポキシ . (various references)

Korean		에폭시. (various references)

Pig Latin		epoxyay

Portuguese		poema (poem). (various references)

Russian		эпоксидная смола. (various references)

Spanish		epoxi, epoxídico, resina epoxi (epoxide resin). (various references)

Swedish		epoxi. (various references)

Thai		เรซินสังเคราะห์ มีความเหนียวมาก จะแข็งตัวหลังผ่านความร้อน ใช้เคลือบผิวหรือเป็นตัวเชื่อม. (various references)

Turkish		epoksi. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Epoxy

Derivations
	Words beginning with "epoxy": epoxyed, epoxying. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Epoxy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: apoxy, depox, efoxy, eox, eoy, Epehy, epex, epo, epogy, epony, epopxy, epox, epoxe, epoxi, epoxied, epoxys, epoy, Epyx, opoxy, poxy. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Epoxy"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "epoxy" (pronounced i'pÄ"ksē)
4	-Ä" k s ē	boxy, doxie, doxy, foxy, Moxie, oxy, proxy.
3	-k s ē	apoplexy, folksy, galaxy, heterodoxy, hydroxy, maxi, Nixie, orthodoxy, pixie, sexy, taxi, waxy.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Epoxy

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "e-o-p-x-y"
	-1 letter: expo.
	-2 letters: ope, oxy, pox, pye, pyx, yep.
	-3 letters: ex, oe, op, ox, oy, pe, ye, yo.
	Words containing the letters "e-o-p-x-y"
	+1 letter: peroxy.
	+2 letters: epoxyed, phenoxy.
	+3 letters: apoplexy, epoxying, hexapody, oxyphile, pyroxene.
	+4 letters: complexly, expiatory, expletory, hypotaxes, hypoxemia, hypoxemic, oxyphiles, pyroxenes, pyroxenic, xerophily, xerophyte, xylophone.
	+5 letters: complexify, complexity, expiratory, expository, hexaploidy, hypoxemias, phylloxera, praxeology, protoxylem, pyridoxine, pyroxenite, pyroxenoid, xerography, xerophytes, xerophytic, xylophones.
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