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COTTON

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cotton I. substantiv

1. (bot.) bumbac (Gossypium herbaceum).

2. (com.) bumbac; pânză de bumbac, stambă.

3. vată.

4. (şi sewing cotton) aţă, fir, bumbac;

gun cotton fulmicoton;

a needle and cotton ac şi aţă.

cotton II. adjectiv

de bumbac.

cotton III. verb A. intranzitiv

1. (with; together) a se împăca, a se înţelege (cu; unul cu altul).

2. to cotton on to a) v. to cotton up to; b) (fam.) a înţelege;

to cotton to / with a îndrăgi (cu ac.), a se ataşa de, a se lega de;

to cotton up to a se împrieteni cu, a căuta prietenia (cuiva); a fi pe placul (cuiva);

I don't cotton up to him nu-l înghit deloc, nu-l am deloc la stomac.

cotton III. verb B. tr. (rar)

1. a înfăşa, a înveli în bumbac sau vată.

2. (fig.) a răzgâia, a răsfăţa, a ţine în vată, a cocoli.

 Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze: 

On the other hand, by using cotton thread, such devices need very small volumes of reagents (normally between 1 and 10 microlitres).

(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)

She was quite impatient to know how the Bath world went on, and how the rooms were attended; and especially was she anxious to be assured of Isabella's having matched some fine netting-cotton, on which she had left her intent; and of her continuing on the best terms with James.

(Northanger Abbey, de Jane Austen)

Over the past few years, the UGR researchers have developed various devices based on cotton thread combined with a smartphone to photograph the device, analyse the colour produced in the testing, and calculate the concentration.

(Scientists design devices to calculate the concentration of potassium in water, of creatinine in urine, or glucose in blood using smartphone technology, University of Granada)

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