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Definition of Nonabsorbent
1. Adjective. Not capable of absorbing or soaking up (liquids).
Attributes: Absorbency
Similar to: Repellent, Resistant
Antonyms: Absorbent
Derivative terms: Nonabsorbency
Definition of Nonabsorbent
1. Adjective. Not absorbent; unable to absorb. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nonabsorbent
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonabsorbent
Literary usage of Nonabsorbent
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Federal Statutes Annotated: Containing All the Laws of the United States of by United States, William Mark McKinney, Thomas H. Calvert (1921)
"... and nonabsorbent When Congress provided in paragraph 79 for a ... 80 for a
vitrified nonabsorbent body with the further provision that the latter, ..."
2. State Housing Manual: Containing the State Tenement House Act, State Hotel by California (1918)
"All wooden seats, attached to water-closet bowls, shall be varnished or enameled,
or by some other method be made nonabsorbent. In every tenement house [or ..."
3. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1915)
"... and inclosures for plumbing fixtures and steam fittings within the building
shall be of non- absorbent waterproof material with nonabsorbent waterproof ..."
4. Supplement to Second Edition of Kerr's Cyclopedic California Codes by James Manford Kerr (1922)
"All wooden seats, attached to water-closet bowls, shall be varnished or enameled,
or by some other method made nonabsorbent. In every building hereafter ..."
5. Supplement ... to the Public Health Reports by United States Public Health Service (1921)
"All walls, doors, and easements in said rooms shall be constructed of or covered
with some nonabsorbent material to a height of at least 6 feet above the ..."
6. Revised Draft of Proposed Hotel Law Including All of the Changes Decided by California (1916)
"All wooden seats, attached to water-closet bowls, shall be varnished or enameled,
or by some other method made nonabsorbent. In every hotel hereafter ..."
7. Handbook of Building Construction: Data for Architects, Designing and by George Albert Hool, Nathan Clarke Johnson (1920)
"The material of plumbing fixtures must be of nonabsorbent nature, smooth surfaced,
and sufficiently strong to withstand hard wear. 14a. Water-closets. ..."
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