Translation for "flechtenartig" to english
Flechtenartig
  • lichen-like
  • braid-like
Translation examples
lichen-like
Seine Kollegen trugen zum gleichen Zweck Kontaktlinsen aus einer durchsichtigen, flechtenartigen Substanz, doch die Linsen waren »lebendig« in dem Sinne, daß man sie ab und zu in Nährflüssigkeit betten und alle paar Wochen wieder zurechtschneiden mußte, und der Gedanke, so etwas auf dem nackten Augapfel zu haben, verursachte Farber ein unangenehmes Gefühl.
His workmates used contact lenses grown from a transparent lichen-like substance for the same purpose, but the lenses were “alive” in that they had to be stored in nutritive fluid and needed to be trimmed back into shape every few weeks, and the thought of one of them in contact with his naked eyeball made Farber queasy.
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