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例えば「The philosophical transactions (from the rear 1720, to the rear 1732) abridged, and disposed under general heads.」P.124[2]には「where this plastic power happens to be single and uncontrouled, it preserves the form of the crystal to very considerable magnitudes.」と言った文脈でplasticが利用されている。