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neoprene
OXFORD DICTIONARY
neoprene, n. a synthetic rubber-like polymer.
Etymology
NEO- + chloroprene etc. (perh. f. PROPYL + -ENE)
ROGET THESAURUS
neoprene
Elasticity
N elasticity, springiness, spring, resilience, renitency, buoyancy, rubber, India rubber, Indian rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber, neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna- S, plastic, flexibility, Young's modulus, elastic, flexible, tensile, spring, resilient, renitent, buoyant, ductile, stretchable, extendable, the stress is proportional to the strain.For further exploring for "neoprene" in Webster Dictionary Online