Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers

Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-6247-8, Springer Science+Business Media LLC 2011 

Abbozzo adj Underpainting of an oil painting, either in monochrome or color. Sometimes called Bozzo or Deadcoloring. 

Abcoulomb n The abcouloumb, the emu of charge, is defined as the charge which passes a given surface in 1 s if a steady current of 1 abampere flows across the surface. Its dimensions are, therefore, cm which differ from the dimensions of the statcoulomb by a factor which has the dimensions of speed. This relationship is connected with the fact that the ratio 2K/K must have the value of the square of the speed of light in any consistent system of units. It follows further that 

Aberration a-bo-lra-shon n [L. aberrare] (1594) In optical systems, the failure of light rays from one object point to converge to a single focal point. See Chromatic Aberration and Spherical Aberration. 

Abherent ab- lhir-ont n (adhesive) A coating or film applied to one surface to prevent or reduce its adhesion to another surface brought into intimate contact with it. Abherents applied to plastic films are often called antiblocking agents. Those applied to molds, calendar rolls, etc., are sometimes called release agents or Parting Agents (Skeist I (ed) (1990, 1977, 1962) Handbook of adhesives. Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York). 

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Gooch, J.W. 2007. Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers. Springer, New York. 

J.W. Gooch, Encyclopedic dictionary of polymers, in J.W. Gooch (Ed.), Encyclopedic Dictionary of Polymers, Springer-Verlag, Atlanta, 2007. 

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