Balata

A gum used as an insulating material. It is the inspi ated juice of a sapotaceous tree, the bullet tree, Mimusops globosa, of tropical America, from the Antilles to Guiana. It is intermediate in character between caoutchouc and gutta perch a. It is superior to gutta perch a in some respects, being very slightly acted on by light. Synonym--Chicle. B. & S.. W. G. Abbreviation for Brown & Sharpe Wire Gauge; the regular American Wire Gauge. (See Wire Gauge, American.)