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hydrophobicity

hydrophobicity noun: the condition of being hydrophobic.

Noun

hydrophobicity (countable and uncountable, plural hydrophobicities)

  1. (uncountable) The condition of being hydrophobic.
  2. (countable) The degree to which a substance is hydrophobic.

Forms of hydrophobicity

pluralhydrophobicities

Origin of hydrophobicity

From hydrophobic + -ity.

Questions about hydrophobicity

What does hydrophobicity mean?
Hydrophobicity means the condition of being hydrophobic.
What part of speech is hydrophobicity?
Hydrophobicity is a noun.
What is the plural of hydrophobicity?
The plural of hydrophobicity is hydrophobicities.

Words near hydrophobicity in the dictionary

  1. hydrophobias
  2. hydrophobic
  3. hydrophobical
  4. hydrophobically
  5. hydrophobicities
  6. hydrophobicity
  7. hydrophobics
  8. hydrophobin
  9. hydrophobine
  10. hydrophobines
  11. hydrophobins

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