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hydroaffinity

hydroaffinity noun: affinity to water; hydrophilicity.

Noun

hydroaffinity (uncountable)

  1. affinity to water; hydrophilicity
    • Our analysis also shows that the hydroaffinity of the surface is mainly determined by the electrostatic interaction, but that the van der Waals interaction nevertheless is strong enough that it can turn a hydrophobic surface into a hydrophilic surface..2016, E. Pafong, J. Geske, B. Drossel, “On the influence of the intermolecular potential on the wetting properties of water on silica surfaces”, in arXiv

Origin of hydroaffinity

From hydro- + affinity.

Questions about hydroaffinity

What does hydroaffinity mean?
Hydroaffinity means affinity to water; hydrophilicity.
What part of speech is hydroaffinity?
Hydroaffinity is a noun.

Words near hydroaffinity in the dictionary

  1. hydroacylations
  2. hydroaerodrome
  3. hydroaerodromes
  4. hydroaeroplane
  5. hydroaeroplanes
  6. hydroaffinity
  7. hydroagricultural
  8. hydroagriculture
  9. hydroairplane
  10. hydroairplanes
  11. hydroalcoholic

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