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dewet

dewet verb: to undergo or cause the rupture of a thin liquid film on a liquid or solid substrate.

Verb

dewet (third-person singular simple present dewets, present participle dewetting, simple past and past participle dewetted)

  1. (fluid mechanics) To undergo or cause the rupture of a thin liquid film on a liquid or solid substrate
    • It is well known that air bubbles attach to hydrophobic surfaces; in other words, such surfaces are partially dewetted by water.2004, Rada A. Pushkarova, Roger D. Horn, “Surface forces measured between an air bubble and a solid surface in waterstar, open”, in Colloids and Surfaces A, volume 261, →DOI
  2. To remove moisture from
    • To obtain normal surface moisture, the peeled carrots were dewetted by centrifuging with a salad spinner.1995, Luis Cisneros-Zevallos et al., “Mechanism of Surface White Discoloration of Peeled (Minimally Processed) Carrots During Storage”, in Journal of Food Science

Forms of dewet

third-person singular presentdewets
present participledewetting
past participledewetted
pastdewetted

Origin of dewet

From de- + wet.

Questions about dewet

What does dewet mean?
Dewet means to undergo or cause the rupture of a thin liquid film on a liquid or solid substrate.
What part of speech is dewet?
Dewet is a verb.
What is the past tense of dewet?
The past tense of dewet is dewetted.

Words near dewet in the dictionary

  1. dewesternization
  2. dewesternize
  3. dewesternized
  4. dewesternizes
  5. dewesternizing
  6. dewet
  7. dewets
  8. dewetted
  9. dewetting
  10. dewey
  11. Dewey County

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