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monocoat

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English

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Etymology

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From mono- +‎ coat.

Noun

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monocoat (plural monocoats)

  1. A topcoat used to finish a surface and not followed by the application of a clearcoat.
    • 2001, Brian Caddy, Forensic Examination of Glass and Paint, page 272:
      Identification of some organic pigments used in red and brown nonmetallic and metallic monocoats – quinacridones.
    • 2007, Zeno W. Wicks, Jr., Frank N. Jones, Socrates Peter Pappas, Organic Coatings: Science and Technology, page 598:
      Until the early 1980s almost all top coats were monocoats, a single coating composition applied in several coats. Monocoats have been largely supplanted by base coat–clear coat systems.

Verb

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monocoat (third-person singular simple present monocoats, present participle monocoating, simple past and past participle monocoated)

  1. (transitive) To apply this kind of coating to.