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poromeric, a. and n.|pɔərəʊˈmɛrɪk|
[f. porous a. + polymeric a.]
A. adj. Applied to synthetic leather-like materials that are permeable to water vapour.
B. n. A poromeric material.
1963Boot & Shoe Recorder 1 Oct. 117/3 Du Pont has coined a generic term for it [sc. ‘Corfam’]: ‘poromeric’, which means a ‘microporous and permeable coriaceous sheet material’. 1964Times Rev. Industry Mar. 23/2 Another new Du Pont development is Corfam, a ‘poromeric’ material which has brought a breakthrough in the manufacture of shoe uppers, since it ‘breathes’ like leather. 1966Chem. & Engin. News 19 Dec. 13/1 Farbwerke Hoechst's subsidiary, Kalle, A.G., has a poromeric at the development stage. 1967Economist 4 Nov. 544/3 Both Du Pont's and ICI's products are porous, or poromeric, as the trade chooses to say,..but Courtaulds' Quox is not, and is therefore only suitable for sandals. 1971New Scientist 12 Aug. 370/2 The collagenous poromerics currently under development..are mostly in the form of a fibrous mat composed of intermingled collagen and synthetic fibres agglomerated by a polymeric bonding agent. 1978Times 26 Apr. 12/2 The high quality poromeric synthetic materials..launched in the 1960s never fulfilled..expectations. Ibid. 12/4 The breakthrough..came with the poromerics..which, the makers claimed breathe like leather. |