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paste

See cut and paste.

paste
1. a mixture or material of a soft or malleable consistency, such as toothpaste
2. the combined ingredients of porcelain
paste [pāst]
(electricity)
In batteries, the medium in the form of a paste or jelly, containing an electrolyte; it is positioned adjacent to the negative electrode of a dry cell; in an electrolytic cell, the paste serves as one of the conducting plates.
(materials)
An adhesive mixture with a characteristic plastic consistency, a high order of yield value, and a low bond strength; for example, a paste prepared by heating a starch and water mixture, then cooling the hydrolyzed product.
(metallurgy)
Finely divided particles of ferromagnetic material in paste form used in the wet method of magnetic particle inspection.
paste - copy and paste


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