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HYDROPHOBE [2 records]

Record 1 1993-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Textile Industries
  • Synthetic Fabrics
OBS

Hydrophobe : Lacking affinity for or the ability to absorb water.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industries du textile
  • Textiles artificiels et synthétiques
DEF

Se dit d'une fibre ou d'un support qui ne se laisse pas mouiller par l'eau.

CONT

Le polyester est une fibre hydrophobe; le coton écru est hydrophobe, mais le débouillissage le rend hydrophile.

Spanish

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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
OBS

phobe : adj.-fearing,-dreading as in hydrophobe :"One who has a horror of water". Also in modern words formed in French or English by analogy, as anglophobe, russophobe...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
DEF

Personne hostile aux jeunes.

Spanish

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