dip-coat

verb

To immerse in liquid in order to apply a dipcoat.

Meanings

verbdip-coat (third-person singular simple present dip-coats, present participle dip-coating, simple past and past participle dip-coated)

present singular third person dip-coats · participle present dip-coating · participle past dip-coated · past dip-coated · alternative dipcoat · alternative dip coat

  1. To immerse in liquid in order to apply a dipcoat.

    Then you'll dip-coat them with darkly colored soap.

    2015, Alicia Grosso, DIY Artisanal Soaps: Make Your Own Custom, Handcrafted Soaps!, →ISBN
    2 more examples

    For instance, it was described in 1941 how a solution of the enzyme pepsin could be used to remove gelatine from the expensive part of the lacquer record, the even and flat metal blank, and how to cook new gelatine and how to dip-coat the cleaned blank.

    2012, Dr Simon Zagorski-Thomas, Professor Simon Frith, The Art of Record Production, →ISBN

    A mandrel may be utilized to cast or dip-coat the polymeric substrate.

    2013, Artificial Materials—Advances in Research and Application, →ISBN, page 38
noundip-coat (plural dip-coats)

plural dip-coats · alternative dipcoat · alternative dip coat

  1. alternativeAlternative form of dipcoat.

    There appeared to be no difference in the movement of a dip-coat on glass or wax.

    1969, The Foundry Trade Journal - Volume 126, page 858
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    Binder penetrates dip-coat pores and cracks. Poor adherence of dip-coat to pattern.

    1988, LaRoux K. Gillespie, Troubleshooting Manufacturing Processes, →ISBN

    The major differences between the dip-coat and the plate coat are summarized in Table 13.2.

    1992, A.C. Tan, Tin and Solder Plating in the Semiconductor Industry, →ISBN, page 298

Origin

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APA

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