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amphiphil

amphiphil is the alternative form of amphiphilic.

Meaning of amphiphilic

Adjective

amphiphilic (comparative more amphiphilic, superlative most amphiphilic)

  1. Being a detergent: having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic (or lipophilic) groups.
    • Sequential living polymerizations of hydrophilic and hydrophobic vinyl ethers from these trifunctional initiators give amphiphilic triarmed block copolymers where the hydrophilic segments may be placed either inner or outer layer of the three arms.1997, Hatada, Macromolecular Design of Polymeric Materials, →ISBN, page 45
  2. Having one surface consisting of hydrophilic amino acids and the opposite surface consisting of hydrophobic (or lipophilic) ones.

Questions about amphiphil

What is amphiphil the alternative form of?
Amphiphil is the alternative form of amphiphilic.

Words near amphiphil in the dictionary

  1. amphipathicity
  2. amphipaths
  3. amphipathy
  4. amphipatic
  5. amphiphatic
  6. amphiphil
  7. amphiphile
  8. amphiphiles
  9. amphiphilic
  10. amphiphilically
  11. amphiphilicities

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