™ / ˈbeɪkəlaɪt; NAmE ; NAmE also ˈbeɪkl-/ noun
[ U ] a type of hard plastic used in the past for electrical equipment, etc.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 20th cent.: named after Leo H. Baekeland (1863–1944), the Belgian-born American chemist who invented it, + -ite .