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teflon::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | polytetrafluoroethylene |
| Type of | plastic |
Examples of teflon
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Teflon Tim has the looks and the winning personality to become the next Zac Efron.
From the kentucky.com
Teflon is used on the bottom of runners that can be waxed for the snow conditions.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Teflon is a registered trademark for a family of products produced by DuPont.
From the omaha.com
The JPMC teflon overcoat seems to have worn out recently, perhaps it left with Jonah.
From the economist.com
So it's a Nexus One with aluminium instead of teflon and another UI on top of Android?
From the guardian.co.uk
The new lens is a 127-micrometer-thick plate of teflon and ceramic with a copper topping.
From the newscientist.com
After 15 minutes, the mixture was transferred to the teflon-lined, stainless autoclave.
From the nature.com
The round shape of the egg is made by cooking it in a teflon coated ring.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The 727's underside was coated with teflon, due to it having to operate on coral runways.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- A material used to coat cooking utensils and in industrial applications where sticking is to be avoided
- In chemistry, polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) is a synthetic fluoropolymer of tetrafluoroethylene that finds numerous applications. PTFE is most well known by the DuPont brand name Teflon.
- Teflon is a nickname given to persons, particularly in politics, to whom criticism does not seem to stick. The term comes from Teflon, the brand name by DuPont of a "non-stick" chemical used on cookware.
- "Teflon" is the third single released from Jebediah's debut album Slightly Odway. It was released 23 March 1998 and reached number 41 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart.
- A non-stick surface is a surface engineered to reduce the ability of other materials to stick to it. A non-stick coating may be applied to a substrate to produce such a surface.
- (of a politician) Having an undamageable reputation (by analogy with nonstick Teflon surfaces); Multiple film, resin, coatings, fabric and surface protectors made with PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene) or fluoropolymer and surfactants not made with PTFE
- Trade name for a synthetic sometimes used to coat hard bullets to protect the rifling. Other synthetics, nylon for instance, have also been used as bullet coatings. None of these soft coatings has any effect on lethality.
- The trade name of a high temperature industrial plastic material used in cooking, finishes, bearings, lubricating, plumbing sealants, and a practically inert coating on metal and glass surfaces.
- Dupont Company trademark for fluorocarbon resins (see FEP and TFE).
