Sentence examples for impermeable outer layer from inspiring English sources

A. "Many seeds, including tomatoes, have an impermeable outer layer that protects the seed and allows the delicate embryo to survive the trip through an animal's digestive system," said Kerry Barringer, curator of the herbarium at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.

They are popular with the industry's big brands because they create a porous outer layer that allows impermeable, waterproof materials to breathe, while making surfaces repel water and oil.

The system consists of three different parts, a core tablet, containing the active ingredient, an impermeable outer shell and a top cover layer-barrier of a soluble polymer.

The unique mycobacterial cell wall, characterized by an outer layer of mycolic acids, containing α-ramified β hydroxylated long-chain fatty acids, is unusually impermeable, and forms a barrier for most common antibiotics [3].

Beauty is synonymous with a highly precarious yet glossy and impermeable outer shell.

The outer layer provides insulation.

It protects the body behind an impermeable outer covering but is itself constantly on view.

Each layer insulates its inner layer from direct access, while providing services to its outer layer.

The outer layer, a quilted puffer jacket, engulfed him.

The difficulty in eradicating Gram-negative bacteria is largely due to their highly impermeable outer membrane, which serves as a barrier to many otherwise effective antibiotics5.

Cut, pull off and discard the outer layer of flesh.