Thevocabularyislimitedtothosetermsingeneralusethroughouttherubberindustry.

Itdoesnotdefinetermsintendedforparticularrubberproducts, someofwhicharegiveninthevocabularystandardslistedintheBibliography.

Itdoesnotdefinetermsthataregenerallyunderstoodoradequatelydefinedinotherreadilyavailablesourcessuchasgeneraldictionaries.

ThetermsarelistedinthealphabeticalorderoftheEnglishterms, withaFrenchindextothecorrespondingEnglishtermsattached. Sometermshaveparentheticalinformationaddedtoindicateaspecificlimitationofthetermtoaparticularfield, forexample “〈rubberlatex〉”. Whenatermhasoneormoresynonyms, thesynonymoustermsfollowthepreferredterm.

Deprecatedtermsareindicatedby “(deprecated)”.

Theabbreviation “cf.” indicatesthattheusermayrefertoanotherterm (notasynonym) whichcontainsinformationonacloselyrelatedarea.

Symbolsareincludedundertheirfulldescriptions, butforconveniencetheyarealsolistedseparatelyattheendofthemaintext.

Forconvenience, standardsandotherrelevantsourcesreferredtointhisvocabularyarelistedinthefirstsectionoftheBibliographyandvocabulariesrelatingtofinishedrubberproductsarelistedinthesecondsection.