- 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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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
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
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
But he couldn’t feel any pain, didn’t feel the tightness of lactic acid coating his muscles.
From "We'll Fly Away" by Bryan Bliss
Special ceramic coatings also protect blades from extreme temperatures inside engines.
From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026
Such clothing contains antimicrobial coatings to suppress odor-causing bacteria.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 24, 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
Instead of adding pigments to produce color or applying persistent chemical coatings to control how surfaces interact with water, the researchers build those properties directly into the material's physical structure.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Huge gears lay exposed under the floor, wicked teeth intertwined, gleaming with oily coatings.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
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