Relationships Broader Term:  polyester trademark ~ A polyester film manufactured by DuPont.

proper name for a polyester film, 1954, trademarked by E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Co., Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A. Like many Du Pont names, it doesn't mean anything, they just liked the sound.

Although this is a specific sort of plastic film, in the book trade it is used as a generic term to indicate one of several types of plastic used to protect books and dustjackets. These can come in...

Mylar is an extraordinarily strong polyester film that was developed in the early 1950s. During the 1960s cellophane gave way steadily to Mylar with its superior strength, heat resistance, and excelle [..]

The brand name of a very strong, flexible, heat resistant polyester plastic film, introduced by Dupont in the 1960s, used as a base for the thin layer of ferrous oxide in which data is magnetically re [..]

A tough polyester material used as an insulator.

(n) a thin polyester film

DuPont trade name for polyester film.

A type of strong, thin polyester sheet used for producing blueprints of architectural drawings. [Return to Glossary] [N]

A trademarked name for a strong but thin polyester film, often with a metallic pigmentation.

A trade name for sheet polyester. Mylar may be used by artists in a number of ways: it can be drawn on or serve as a printing element. Alternatively photo stencils may be cut out of it or it may also [..]

A type of plastic from which many card holders, cases, penny sleeves, top loaders, plastic sheets, and other protection devices are made.