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Article: Industry corner: world rubber and tire. (Industry Overview)

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rubber n. 1. A yellowish, amorphous, elastic material obtained from the milky sap or latex of various tropical plants, especially the rubber tree, and vulcanized, pigmented, finished and modified into such products as electric insulation, elastic bands and belts, tires and containers. 2. Any of numerous synthetic elastic materials of varying chemical composition with properties similar to those of natural rubber. 3. a low overshoe made of rubber. 4. Baseball. The oblong piece of hard rubber on which the pitcher must stand... The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 3rd edition, Boston, Houghton Mifflin, 1992, p. 1574.

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