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pellicular

pellicular adjective: of or pertaining to a pellicle (a pellicula).

Adjective

pellicular (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a pellicle (a pellicula).
  2. Bearing a pellicle.
  3. Describing the stationary phase of a chromatography system consisting of a porous outer shell on an impermeable particle.

Origin of pellicular

By surface analysis, pellicula + -ar and pellicule + -ar.

Words formed from pellicular

Questions about pellicular

What does pellicular mean?
Pellicular means of or pertaining to a pellicle (a pellicula).
What part of speech is pellicular?
Pellicular is an adjective.

Words near pellicular in the dictionary

  1. Pellicier
  2. pellicle
  3. pellicles
  4. pellicula
  5. pelliculae
  6. pellicular
  7. pelliculate
  8. pellicule
  9. pellicules
  10. pelling
  11. Pellings

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