protective clothing? Chemical-resistant materials prevent the measurable movement of certain chemicals through the material to your protected skin for a limited period of use or time.
Definition of conscious. 1  1 : perceiving, apprehending, or noticing with a degree of controlled thought or observation conscious of having succeeded was conscious that someone was watching. 2  2 archaic : sharing another's knowledge or awareness of an inward state or outward fact. 3  3 : personally felt conscious guilt.
See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. 2. knowing, percipient. Conscious, aware, cognizant refer to an individual sense of recognition of something within or without oneself. Conscious implies to be awake or awakened to an inner realization of a fact, a truth, a condition, etc.: to be conscious of an extreme weariness. Aware lays the emphasis on sense perceptions insofar as they are the object of conscious recognition: He was aware of the odor of tobacco. Cognizant lays the emphasis on an outer recognition more on the level of reason and knowledge than on the sensory level alone: He was cognizant of their drawbacks.