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Adjective: thermosetting  ,thur-mow'se-ting
  1. Having the property of becoming permanently hard and rigid when heated or cured
    "the phenol resins and plastics were the original synthetic thermosetting materials";
    - thermoset

Antonym: thermoplastic

Encyclopedia: Thermosetting