urethane
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- noun
- /ˈjʊərəˌθeɪn/
- Specialized
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uretano
- The furniture was finished with a layer of urethane to enhance its shine and protect the wood.
- urethane foam
- use urethane
Now the spar urethane, this is the one that looked weird with all the white dry underneath.
- Now the spar urethane, this is the one that looked weird with all the white dry underneath.
Examples
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These are urethane skateboard wheels.
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Is a 12-year-old couch safe even though it is made from mostly urethane foam?
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And now I'm just going to paint a thin coat of urethane all over.
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I've got some good urethane tints here that I like.
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Once the bodies were put together, a friend of his sprayed the instruments with urethane to provide a glossy and protective finish.
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A boot made of extruded urethane is then placed over each thermistor to keep it watertight.
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When finished, the surface is brushed with a clear urethane resin for a hard protective coating.
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Ultimately, for this project, we chose urethane molding for the clinical trial and initial verification and validation units, and thermoforming for the production units.
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Satellite Models tends to use either a urethane foam that's supplied by General Plastics of Tacoma, Wash.
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The primer coat specified was a high-solids epoxy, and the second coat was a high-solids urethane.
Academic text (1998)
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word urethane comes from the same root as urea, because early chemists saw it as a chemical similar to urea. That's why urethane is the name for a nitrogen-containing chemical used to make plastics, foams and coatings.