hydrogel
hydrogel noun: a colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications.
Noun
hydrogel (plural hydrogels)
- A colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications.
- The tough, bendable fabric combines hydrogels — such as those found in contact lenses or jello – with glass fibers. This particular combination maximizes its resilience, making the material 100 times tougher than hydrogels and 25 times tougher than glass fiber fabric, based on the amount of energy...2017 July 16, Jenny Marc, Katy Scott, “Revolutionary gel is five times stronger than steel”, in CNN, archived from the original on 02 Jul 2025
hydrogel meaning in Tamil
hydrogel in Tamil
- நீரேறிய களி, நீர்க்கட்டிக்கூழ், நீர்மக்கட்டிக் கூழ்
Forms of hydrogel
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Origin of hydrogel
From hydro- + gel.
Words formed from hydrogel
Questions about hydrogel
- What does hydrogel mean?
- Hydrogel means a colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications.
- What is hydrogel in Tamil?
- Hydrogel in Tamil is நீரேறிய களி, நீர்க்கட்டிக்கூழ், நீர்மக்கட்டிக் கூழ். See Hydrogel meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is hydrogel?
- Hydrogel is a noun.
- What is the plural of hydrogel?
- The plural of hydrogel is hydrogels.
Words near hydrogel in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrogel (page history and authors); hydrogel (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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