Rubber (disambiguation)
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Natural rubber is a latex material, originally from the Para rubber tree.

Rubber may also refer to:

Science and industry

  • Synthetic rubber
    Synthetic rubber
    Synthetic rubber is is any type of artificial elastomer, invariably a polymer. An elastomer is a material with the mechanical property that it can undergo much more elastic deformation under stress than most materials and still return to its previous size without permanent deformation...

    , general term for many types of man-made rubbers
  • Latex
    Latex
    Latex is the stable dispersion of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium. Latexes may be natural or synthetic.Latex as found in nature is a milky fluid found in 10% of all flowering plants . It is a complex emulsion consisting of proteins, alkaloids, starches, sugars, oils, tannins, resins,...

    , the sap from various plants, including the rubber tree, that is a major component in the production of natural rubber
  • Latex (polymer), a stable dispersion (emulsion) of polymer microparticles in an aqueous medium
  • Elastomer
    Elastomer
    An elastomer is a polymer with the property of viscoelasticity , generally having notably low Young's modulus and high yield strain compared with other materials. The term, which is derived from elastic polymer, is often used interchangeably with the term rubber, although the latter is preferred...

    , frequently used interchangeably with 'rubber' to describe elastic polymeric (rubbery) materials, particularly man-made rubbers

Entertainment

  • Rubber (1936 film), a Dutch film
  • Rubber (2010 film)
    Rubber (2010 film)
    Rubber is a 2010 French comedy film about a tire that comes to life and kills people with its psychic powers. It was directed and written by Quentin Dupieux. The film was shown at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival.-Plot:...

    , a French film
    • Rubber (soundtrack)
      Rubber (soundtrack)
      The official soundtrack for the film Rubber, by Gaspard Augé and Mr. Oizo, was released on November 8, 2010 on Ed Banger Records.-Track listing:...

  • Rubber (Gilby Clarke album)
    Rubber (Gilby Clarke album)
    Rubber is the third solo album by former Guns N' Roses guitarist Gilby Clarke, released in 1998.-Track listing:# "Kilroy Was Here" – 2:55# "The Haunting" – 2:57# "Something's Wrong With You" – 3:38...

    , 1998
  • Rubber, a name adopted by the band Harem Scarem
    Harem Scarem
    Harem Scarem were a Canadian melodic rock band from Toronto, ON. Harem Scarem achieved popularity in Japan and their native Canada in the early 1990s. Harem Scarem were active from 1987 to 2008...

     from 1999–2001
  • Rubber (Harem Scarem album), 1999

Recreation and sports

  • Rubber, two 100-point games in contract bridge
    Contract bridge
    Contract bridge, usually known simply as bridge, is a trick-taking card game using a standard deck of 52 playing cards played by four players in two competing partnerships with partners sitting opposite each other around a small table...

  • In baseball
    Baseball
    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

    , the rubber is the thin white slab on the pitcher's mound from which the pitcher throws, or at times, the pitcher's mound in general
  • In cricket
    Cricket
    Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

    , an individual game in a series of matches
  • In tennis
    Tennis
    Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

    , an individual game in a series of matches

Language

  • In American English, a slang term for condoms
  • In British and Canadian English, an eraser
    Eraser
    An eraser or rubber is an article of stationery that is used for rubbing out pencil markings. Erasers have a rubbery consistency and are often white or pink, although modern materials allow them to be made in any color. Many pencils are equipped with an eraser on one end...

     used to remove pencil markings from paper
  • In British English, a slang term for galoshes
    Galoshes
    Galoshes , also known as boat shoes, dickersons, or overshoes, are a type of rubber boot that is slipped over shoes to keep them from getting muddy or wet. The word galoshes might be used interchangeably with boot, especially a rubberized boot...

    (rubber boots)
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