Sentence examples for wick water from inspiring English sources

After its fibers were brushed, the fabric's volume greatly increased; they also provided insulation and could wick water away.

Using a short-pulse, high-intensity laser, they have created tiny grooves in silicon that exhibit strong capillary action — they quickly wick water along, even against gravity.

After two years of research, Manzella, a maker of sports gloves, is introducing a line of running gloves this month made of materials that wick water and block the wind.

The hardcourt was covered with large white tarps, which is standard procedure for clay and grass court tournaments but is not protocol for hardcourt events, which instead have relied on blowers, towels and rollers to wick water off the courts.

Mini HPs with different dimensions (8, 5 and 3 mm outer diameter, 1 mm wall thickness, sintered copper wick, water as filling fluid) have been considered.

Driven by the capillary force in the porous M-NiO, the pump can continuously wick water via the one-dimension channel to the solar absorber for evaporation, achieving solar-to-vapor efficiency of 73% at 1 sun and 90% at 4 suns.

Two of them will fit on the Gardener's Supply Company's Self-Watering Tray ($16.95), a black plastic reservoir with a fabric mat that wicks water up through the bottom of the Grow Bag.

Our approach is a tissue equivalent (TE), RAFT (Real Architecture for 3D Tissue), produced by gently wicking water away from Type 1 collagen hydrogels using hydrophilic porous absorbers [21].

A glass fiber wick drew water from a reservoir through the bottom of the container to ensure consistent soil moisture.

A Gore-Tex lining is apt to wick away water, but may be more expensive.

But a dishcloth made of superfine polyester fibers, similar to the material in fleece pullovers and vests, wicks away water and holds onto it.