water-repellent

Being fatty in nature, cutin is water-repellent, therefore helping to reduce transpiration.

Bring clothes to keep you warm when wet, like a water-repellent jacket, says Laurence Gonzales, author of Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why.

Meanwhile, the medium has excellent electric insulating property and great ozone resistant, corona resistant, water-repellent and moisture resistant performance.