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单词 pellicle
释义

Definition of pellicle in English:

pellicle

noun ˈpɛlɪk(ə)lˈpələk(ə)l
technical
  • A thin skin, cuticle, membrane, or film.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Young papillae are covered with a pellicle - cuticle layer and contain starch grains.
    • Proline-rich proteins' coat the teeth with a thin layer - pellicle - that serves as a protective diffusion barrier on the tooth surface.
    • However, in the dry type, the pellicle and cuticle remain intact in the functional phase, whereas they become discontinuous in the wet type.
    • The semitransparent pellicle did not interfere with the participant's interceptive movement.
    • It should be noted that the inner shell wall of ammonoids was lined by an organic membrane or pellicle, a porous sheet consisting of numerous interwoven organic fibers.

Derivatives

  • pellicular

  • adjective pɛˈlɪkjʊləpəˈlɪkjələr
    technical
    • A pellicular coated support and method for producing such a support are disclosed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • A semi-suspension polymerization process was used in this work in order to prepare ion exchange pellicular resins.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French pellicule, from Latin pellicula 'small piece of skin', diminutive of pellis.

 
 

Definition of pellicle in US English:

pellicle

nounˈpələk(ə)lˈpələk(ə)l
technical
  • A thin skin, cuticle, membrane, or film.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Proline-rich proteins' coat the teeth with a thin layer - pellicle - that serves as a protective diffusion barrier on the tooth surface.
    • It should be noted that the inner shell wall of ammonoids was lined by an organic membrane or pellicle, a porous sheet consisting of numerous interwoven organic fibers.
    • The semitransparent pellicle did not interfere with the participant's interceptive movement.
    • Young papillae are covered with a pellicle - cuticle layer and contain starch grains.
    • However, in the dry type, the pellicle and cuticle remain intact in the functional phase, whereas they become discontinuous in the wet type.

Origin

Late Middle English: from French pellicule, from Latin pellicula ‘small piece of skin’, diminutive of pellis.

 
 
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