1 Scope
Thevocabularyislimitedtothosetermsingeneralusethroughouttherubberindustry.
Itdoesnotdefinetermsintendedforparticularrubberproducts, someofwhicharegiveninthevocabularystandardslistedintheBibliography.
Itdoesnotdefinetermsthataregenerallyunderstoodoradequatelydefinedinotherreadilyavailablesourcessuchasgeneraldictionaries.
ThetermsarelistedinthealphabeticalorderoftheEnglishterms, withaFrenchindextothecorrespondingEnglishtermsattached. Sometermshaveparentheticalinformationaddedtoindicateaspecificlimitationofthetermtoaparticularfield, forexample “〈rubberlatex〉”. Whenatermhasoneormoresynonyms, thesynonymoustermsfollowthepreferredterm.
Deprecatedtermsareindicatedby “(deprecated)”.
Theabbreviation “cf.” indicatesthattheusermayrefertoanotherterm (notasynonym) whichcontainsinformationonacloselyrelatedarea.
Symbolsareincludedundertheirfulldescriptions, butforconveniencetheyarealsolistedseparatelyattheendofthemaintext.
Forconvenience, standardsandotherrelevantsourcesreferredtointhisvocabularyarelistedinthefirstsectionoftheBibliographyandvocabulariesrelatingtofinishedrubberproductsarelistedinthesecondsection.