This document establishes a vocabulary of and is limited to those terms in general use throughout the rubber industry.

It does not define terms intended for particular rubber products, some of which are given in the vocabulary standards listed in the Bibliography.

It does not define terms that are generally understood or adequately defined in other readily available sources such as general dictionaries.

The terms are listed in the alphabetical order of the English terms, with an index to the corresponding English terms attached.

Symbols are included under their full descriptions.