bleaching

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bleach

(blēch)

v. bleached, bleach·ing, bleach·es

v.tr.

a. To remove the color from, as by means of chemical agents or sunlight: Over time, the exposure to sunlight bleached the rug in front of the window.

b. To make white or colorless: Dawn bleached the mountains.

2. To whiten by causing the death or expulsion of algal symbionts from (coral).

v.intr.

1. To act as or use a bleach.

2. To become white as a result of the loss of algal symbionts, usually following an environmental stress such as increased water temperature. Used of coral.

1. A chemical agent used for bleaching.

a. The act of bleaching.

b. The degree of bleaching obtained.

[Middle English blechen, from Old English blǣcan; see bhel- in Indo-European roots.]

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Translations

bleaching

[ˈbliːtʃɪŋ]

A. N → decoloración f

B. CPD bleaching agent N → decolorante m
bleaching powder N → polvos mpl de blanqueo

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

bleaching

n → Bleichen nt; they need a good bleaching → sie müssten richtig gebleicht werden

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

bleaching

[ˈbliːtʃɪŋ] n → decolorazione f; (of hair) → ossigenazione f

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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Upon the stranger's shears were beheld the shattered, white ribs, and some few splintered planks, of what had once been a whale-boat; but you now saw through this wreck, as plainly as you see through the peeled, half-unhinged, and bleaching skeleton of a horse.

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It was a land that Tarzan never had looked upon before, nor was it likely that the foot of another white man ever had touched it unless, possibly, in some long-gone day the adventurer whose skeleton he had found bleaching in the canyon had traversed it.

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It happened, while we lay in the bleaching grounds, that one half of the piece extended into a part of the field that came under the management of a legitimist, while the other invaded the dominions of a liberal.

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As far as the eye could reach to the eastward, extended a long line of whitened bones; pieces of skeletons surrounded the fountain; a caravan had evidently made its way to that point, marking its progress by its bleaching remains; the weaker had fallen one by one upon the sand; the stronger, having at length reached this spring for which they panted, had there found a horrible death.

Joe brought up with him some pieces of a leathern bottle that had grown hard and horn-like with age, and angrily flung them away among the bleaching bones of the caravan.

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However, poor solubility of TAED in water, leads to non-optimal bleaching performance, thus, impacting its growth in the bleach precursor market.

Bleach Precursor Market Focusing on Product Innovation and Advanced Features through 2027

Mr Isaac Jakalia, the Upper West Regional Regulatory Officer of Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has advised students to stop bleaching their skins and abusing tramadol to prevent skin and mental related diseases or disorders.

FDA warns students against skin bleaching, tramadol abuse

[2] Bleaching is one of the aesthetic treatments that could whiten teeth through chemical reactions with bleaching materials such as hydrogen peroxide.

EFFECTS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE WITH CASSAVA EXTRACT ADDITION AS BLEACHING MATERIAL ON HUMAN ENAMEL--AN IN VITRO STUDY

Group C was subjected to bleaching, followed by treatment with anti-oxidant 10% sodium ascorbate solution, then etched and bonded.

Does the antioxidant treatment affect the shear bond strength of orthodontic brackets: An in vitro study

YORUBA Youths Association (YYSA), a socio-cultural group, has expressed concern over the growing trend of skin bleaching among Nigerian youths, especially school children.

Youths Decry Skin Bleaching Among Teenagers

Corals on Australia's Great Barrier Reef that survived bleaching from rising sea temperatures were more resistant to another bout of hot conditions the following year, scientists said Tuesday, a "silver lining" for the embattled ecosystem.