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superhydrophobicity

superhydrophobicity noun: the quality of being extremely hydrophobic or repellent to water or of not being wetted.

Noun

superhydrophobicity (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being extremely hydrophobic or repellent to water or of not being wetted.
    • The key to long [battery] life is a property superhydrophobicity. This occurs when a drop of electorlyte or other liquid sits on top of a roughened nanostructured surface instead of wetting it. Zap the droplet with a burst of electricity or heat, however, and it wets the surface in a matter of...2006 November, “Batteries that Keep”, in Mechanical Engineering, volume 128, number 11, page 22

Origin of superhydrophobicity

From super- + hydro- + -phobic + -ity.

Questions about superhydrophobicity

What does superhydrophobicity mean?
Superhydrophobicity means the quality of being extremely hydrophobic or repellent to water or of not being wetted.
What part of speech is superhydrophobicity?
Superhydrophobicity is a noun.

Words near superhydrophobicity in the dictionary

  1. superhydride
  2. superhydrides
  3. superhydrophilic
  4. superhydrophilicity
  5. superhydrophobic
  6. superhydrophobicity
  7. superhype
  8. superhyped
  9. superhyperfine
  10. superhypocrite
  11. superhypocrites

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