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Water Resistant is a common mark stamped on the back of wrist watches to indicate how well a watch is sealed against the ingress of water. It is usually accompanied by an indication of the static test pressure that a sample of newly manufactured watches were exposed to in a leakage test.
Waterproof (or water-resistant) describes objects unaffected by water or resisting water passage, or which are covered with a material that resists or does not allow water passage. In horology, the waterproofness of a watch is defined by its resistance under pressure.
Waterproofing conducted on the exterior of a freeway tunnel. Waterproofing is the process of making an object, person or structure waterproof or water-resistant so that it remains relatively unaffected by water or resisting the ingress of water under specified conditions.
On Monday, Trump signed an executive order encouraging the U.S. government and consumers to buy plastic drinking straws, part of a broader weakening of environmental commitments by the Republican ...
The IP code on a mechanical or electrical enclosure indicating its ability to resist the ingress of water; Wet strength, a measure of the strength of paper when wet; Waterproofing, making objects or structures resist the ingress of water under specified conditions; Fluid resistance, drag in water; Lotus effect (water-resistance in plant leaves)
WASHINGTON -U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday ordered the federal government to override the state of California's water-management practices to bolster firefighting efforts. The executive ...
The full name of the republic is the "United States of America". No other name appears in the Constitution, and this is the name that appears on money, in treaties, and in legal cases to which the nation is a party. The terms "Government of the United States of America" or "United States Government" are often used in official documents to ...
Water resistance is measured by the amount of water, in mm, which can be suspended above the fabric before water seeps through. [ citation needed ] Breathability or moisture vapor transmission rate is measured by the rate at which water vapor passes through, in grams of water vapour per square meter of fabric per 24-hour period (g/m 2 /d), [ 2 ...