- present participle of coat.
noun
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a layer or film spread over a surface for protection or decoration
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a heavy fabric suitable for coats
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dialect a severe rebuke; ticking-off
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Much like a primer prepares a surface for paint, it helps bring together the ingredients needed to create a stable coating.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
The coating was approximately 10 nanometers thick, equivalent to only a few thousandths of the thickness of a human hair.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 28, 2026
Phoenix-based Swift uses highly complex machinery to turn tiny particles called nanomaterials into antireflective coating, which can help make satellite-powered solar panels more effective, among other applications.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
They do work like running computer simulations, analyzing data, designing equipment and testing the coating.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026
Their favorite places were painted with a thick coating of urine.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
These bacteria are surrounded by protective outer coatings that can help them evade immune defenses.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 24, 2026
Such clothing contains antimicrobial coatings to suppress odor-causing bacteria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 2026
The researchers hope the discovery, published in the journal Nature, will help scientists develop more effective and longer-lasting coatings.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Individual powder granules are measured in micrometres, the coatings in nanometres - they are applied using a technique known as atomic layer deposition.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
He went on past street lamps covered with thick coatings of snow, gleaming like huge frosted moons above his head.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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