Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the character or quality or a pellicle; formed by or forming a pellicle; cuticular; filmy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to a pellicle.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
pellicle - adjective chemistry Describing the
stationary phase of achromatography system consisting of a porous outer shell on an impermeable particle
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Examples
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The plate bearing the film negative is now placed in a warm locality, under which circumstances a few hours will suffice for the complete drying of the pellicular negative, after which it may be detached with the greatest ease by lifting the edges with the point of a penknife.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884 Various
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In short, this oil, which counteracts the exfoliation of pellicular atoms, which exhales a soothing perfume, and arrests, by means of the substances of which it is composed
Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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Sympathizer's sonic scope spans from the mere recreation of a sympathetic string cluster to the pellicular sounds of sparkling overtone cascades and textures.
AvaxHome RSS: 2009
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