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PU

PU

2 7.2
A man-made plastic called PU used to make foams, paints, and fake leather
  • noun
  • /piː juː/
  • Specialized
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  • The CGC starts the other chips if at least one PU chip is active.
  • PU chips

Could you just put vinyl or PU leather like fake stuff?

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Examples

  • The CGC has the capability to start and stop each PU chip on an individual basis.

    Academic text (1997)
  • Therefore, the PU has implemented one L1 store buffer per L2 pair.

    Academic text (1997)
  • I think this is one of the worst options because PU is oil based so it's purely plastic.

  • Could you just put vinyl or PU leather like fake stuff?

  • The clock-generation chip forces all I/O drivers of a defective PU to a high-impedance state.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The level-1 cache is integrated on the PU chip and is implemented as a unified instruction and data cache.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The features of the PU chip include the following: 14.5-mm chip size, CMOS 5X, 7.2 million transistors.

    Academic text (1997)
  • The chair is made of lightweight PU foam, which makes it very comfortable.

  • The manufacturer uses PU in their products to ensure they are durable and weather-resistant.

  • You can use PU as an adhesive for various craft projects due to its strong bonding properties.

Synonyms

polyurethane
vsPU
  • Specialized
12 7.0

A man-made material used to make foams, glues, paints, and plastics

is the abbreviated technical label for the same material
PUR
vsPU
  • Specialized
1 8.6

A plastic material used to make foam, glue, and shoe soles

is the specific single polymer form rather than a group of similar polymers

Surface Forms

PU singular
PUs plural

Etymology

PU is a short form of polyurethane, a common plastic material used for foam and fake leather. The part poly- means 'many', like in polygon, and urethane is the name of the plastic, so PU refers to that material and its everyday uses.