Water Resistance

Water resistance may refer to:

  • wet strength, a measure of how well a fibreweb's hold together upon a force of rupture
  • waterproofing, making objects relatively unaffected by water or resisting the ingress of water under specified conditions
  • Fluid resistance, drag in water
  • Lotus effect (water-resistance in plant leaves)
  • the electrical resistivity of water

See also:-

  • Hydrophobe
  • Superhydrophobe

Famous quotes containing the words water and/or resistance:

    “Why are a lady’s thighs always cool? That is, said the monk, due to three causes for which a place is always naturally cool: primo, because water runs all the way down it; secondo, because it is in a shady, dark and obscure place, where the sun never shines; and thirdly, because it is continually fanned by the winds from the breezy hole.”
    —François Rabelais (1494–1553)

    “Even the most subjected person has moments of rage and resentment so intense that they respond, they act against. There is an inner uprising that leads to rebellion, however short- lived. It may be only momentary but it takes place. That space within oneself where resistance is possible remains.”
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