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Top coat
Table 4.3.1
Pronunciation
Subdomain (1st level):  Papermaking
Subdomain (2nd level):  Surface treatments
Subdomain (3rd level):  Coating
Grammatical category:  Complex term
Grammar notes:  Countable
Definition:  Last layer of coating colour applied to paper, generally by means of an off-machine coater.
Definition source:  Brewer (2003)
Context:  Nowadays the air knife is used mainly for carbonless copy paper and board grades. Its non-contact mechanism and uniform cover also make it suitable for waste-based and unbleached furnishes. A blade coater sometimes provides the top coat.
Context source:  EN 18
Attestation:  2
Co-hyponyms:  Precoat
Hyperonyms:  Coating colour
Related terms:  Top coating
It:  Patina finale
Degree of reliability IT:  3
Fr:  Topcouche
Degree of reliability FR:  3