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dewets

dewets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dewet.

Meaning of dewet

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

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What is dewets the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dewets is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dewet.

Words near dewets in the dictionary

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

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