Examples of repellency in a Sentence
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The jacket displayed impressive durable water repellency, with the water beading up immediately and remaining that way for the full five minutes of the water test.
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Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
In addition to evaluating performance and how effectively water was removed from the car’s shield, factors like rain repellency, ease of installation, noise and price were considered.
—Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2023
For example, the NEMO Dagger OSMO™ Lightweight Backpacking Tent is made of poly-nylon ripstop fabric and has excellent water repellency, which means it won’t be worn down by the elements as easily.
—Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
Motivated to increase the sustainability factor even further, The North Face also created a new PFC-free DWR treatment that maintains 80 percent of its water repellency after 80 wash cycles (and requires no consumer applications of water-polluting retreatment).
—Outside Online, 8 Jan. 2019
The repellency lasts for up to 10 washes.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
Better yet, some products now have a black-and-yellow repellency awareness graphic that clearly states how long they have been proven to repel mosquitoes and ticks; that symbol means the company has provided the EPA with scientific data to support their claims.
—Lauren Oster, Health.com, 23 Apr. 2021
However, the wax coating that gives these cotton jackets their water-repellency is not permanent and fades with use.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
Today, a startup called Osmo, a spinout of Google Research, plans to use machine learning to predict the potential repellency of chemical compounds based only on their molecular structure.
—WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
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Michelle Rostamian, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
In addition to evaluating performance and how effectively water was removed from the car’s shield, factors like rain repellency, ease of installation, noise and price were considered.
—Good Housekeeping, 10 Aug. 2023
For example, the NEMO Dagger OSMO™ Lightweight Backpacking Tent is made of poly-nylon ripstop fabric and has excellent water repellency, which means it won’t be worn down by the elements as easily.
—Olivia Avitt, Peoplemag, 24 May 2023
Motivated to increase the sustainability factor even further, The North Face also created a new PFC-free DWR treatment that maintains 80 percent of its water repellency after 80 wash cycles (and requires no consumer applications of water-polluting retreatment).
—Outside Online, 8 Jan. 2019
The repellency lasts for up to 10 washes.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, Popular Science, 27 Mar. 2023
Better yet, some products now have a black-and-yellow repellency awareness graphic that clearly states how long they have been proven to repel mosquitoes and ticks; that symbol means the company has provided the EPA with scientific data to support their claims.
—Lauren Oster, Health.com, 23 Apr. 2021
However, the wax coating that gives these cotton jackets their water-repellency is not permanent and fades with use.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2023
Today, a startup called Osmo, a spinout of Google Research, plans to use machine learning to predict the potential repellency of chemical compounds based only on their molecular structure.
—WIRED, 9 Feb. 2023
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1733, in the meaning defined above
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“Repellency.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repellency. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.
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repellency
noun
re·pel·len·cy
ri-ˈpel-ən-sē 
: the quality of repelling : the ability to repel
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