retardant
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- noun
- /rɪˈtɑrdənt/
- Specialized
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retardante
- Properly selected resins are used to fabricate reinforced plastic composites for corrosion-resistant, heat-resistant, and flame-retardant applications.
- flame retardant
- fire retardant
- brominated flame retardants
There are also flame retardants that are short lived and these are the phosphate flame retardants.
- There are also flame retardants that are short lived and these are the phosphate flame retardants.
- We were finding PCBSDDTPFCS and flame retardants, higher levels of flame retardants.
- I'm like, who's the agent of flame retardants?
- That's bromine as in flame retardant.
Examples
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The firefighters used a special retardant to slow down the spread of the flames.
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Several states are seeking to restrict the use of brominated flame retardants.
Academic text (2010) -
Of this black fire retardant cloth, apparently for controlling light.
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Finally, these fire retardant chemicals only began being used in the early to mid 1970s.
Blog text (11) -
Interestingly, its first major commercial use was as a fire retardant for fabrics and wood.
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The trucks spraying the field with fire-retardant foam are just completing their work and leaving the field.
Fiction book (1996) -
Also, a new paper that is stronger, coated with a more effective adhesive, and fire-retardant will be offered.
Academic text (1995) -
Beforehand, all of the performers have to get sprayed down with fire-retardant liquid, as well as their drums.
Blog text (19) -
The fabric is flame-retardant, white opaque, 18 to 24 ounce coated polyester scrim.
Academic text (2001) -
The new building materials include a retardant that helps prevent fires from spreading quickly.
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A treatment or material that makes buildings burn less easily
Something that slows a movement or a process
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Etymology
The word retardant comes from an old Latin word that means 'slow' and it shares the same root as the English word tardy, which means 'late'. So a retardant is something that 'makes slow' a process, for example a chemical that slows down a fire.