Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hardcoat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hard-coat
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coating that provides a hard, protective layer.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Another transparent material for passivation is silicon nitride, Si₃N₄, that also acts as hardcoat."
"Such brute-force tactics generally fail for hardcoats on flexible substrates and there seems to be no correlation between scratch resistance and modulus once a certain minimum modulus (~1 GPa) has been reached."
"Super Thin Glass: SAIC of McLean, Virginia, and NREL have been developing a front surface mirror concept with a hardcoat protective layer. The material uses an ion-beam-assisted deposition (IBAD) process to deposit the very hard (cleanable), dense (protective) alumina topcoat."

Etymology

From hard + coat.

Usage

Inflected Forms

hardcoats (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

softcoat

Questions

What does hardcoat mean?: A coating that provides a hard, protective layer.
Where does hardcoat come from?: From hard + coat.

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