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hydrogels

hydrogels is the plural of hydrogel.

Meaning of hydrogel

Noun

hydrogel (plural hydrogels)

  1. 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

Questions about hydrogels

What is hydrogels the plural of?
Hydrogels is the plural of hydrogel.

Words near hydrogels in the dictionary

  1. hydrogelating
  2. hydrogelation
  3. hydrogelations
  4. hydrogelator
  5. hydrogelators
  6. hydrogels
  7. hydrogen
  8. hydrogen 1
  9. hydrogen 2
  10. hydrogen 3
  11. hydrogen 4

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