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hydrophane

hydrophane noun: a semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.

Noun

hydrophane (countable and uncountable, plural hydrophanes)

  1. A semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.

hydrophane meaning in Tamil

hydrophane in Tamil

நீர்ப்படிகக்கல்

Forms of hydrophane

pluralhydrophanes

Origin of hydrophane

From hydro- (water) + -phane (“appearing”).

Questions about hydrophane

What does hydrophane mean?
Hydrophane means a semitranslucent variety of opal that becomes translucent or transparent on immersion in water.
What is hydrophane in Tamil?
Hydrophane in Tamil is நீர்ப்படிகக்கல். See Hydrophane meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hydrophane?
Hydrophane is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrophane?
The plural of hydrophane is hydrophanes.

Words near hydrophane in the dictionary

  1. hydroperoxyflavins
  2. hydroperoxyl
  3. hydroperoxylation
  4. hydroperoxylations
  5. hydroperoxyls
  6. hydrophane
  7. hydrophanes
  8. hydrophanous
  9. hydrophenanthrene
  10. hydrophenanthrenes
  11. hydrophenoxylation

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hydrophane (page history and authors); hydrophane (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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