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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 7/28/2020 11:01 AM, janSIy . wrote:<br>
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I don't think I would have described a<span
style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline
!important">nthracite coal as glossy, but OK. What if I say it
like, "having a smooth and shiny coating or looking like it
has a smooth and shiny coating"?</span></div>
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<p>I don't think the perception of a coating really has anything to
do with it. One can have glossy lipstick, and when it's put on the
lips one can say the lips are glossy because they're coated with
the lipstick, but the lipstick is glossy whether it's on the lips
or not.</p>
<p>Glossy silk isn't coating anything. Even if you wear it as a
literal coat, nobody would say you look glossy in that coat; they
would say your coat is glossy.</p>
<p>There are some plastics that are glossy all the way through, not
just on the outside. When you cut into them, the new surfaces are
also glossy.<br>
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<p>It's just that gloss is measured from the reflected light of a
surface. Coating or the perception of coating isn't what's
relevant; reflectivity and smoothness matter.<br>
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