Water repellent

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Description

A surface or finish that is very resistant to the penetration of water. Water repellent coatings can be paint, rubber, plastic, wax, or asphalt. They are used on textiles, leather, metals, cement, masonry, and paper.

Synonyms and Related Terms

water-repellent; water-resistant; water resistant; water resistance; water repellency

Sources Checked for Data in Record

  • G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 860
  • Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993
  • Matt Roberts, Don Etherington, Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books: a Dictionary of Descriptive Terminology, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington DC, 1982
  • Dictionary of Building Preservation, Ward Bucher, ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York City, 1996
  • Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

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