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swellability

swellability noun: quality or degree of being swellable.

Noun

swellability (countable and uncountable, plural swellabilities)

  1. Quality or degree of being swellable.
    • We also observed significantly lower swellability for hydrogel nanocomposites relative to neat hydrogels, consistent with previous work suggesting that nanoparticles can mediate pseudo crosslinking within polymer networks.2015 August 25, “Experimental Investigation of Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Silica Nanoparticle-Reinforced Poly(acrylamide) Nanocomposite Hydrogels”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of swellability

pluralswellabilities

Origin of swellability

From swell + -ability.

Questions about swellability

What does swellability mean?
Swellability means quality or degree of being swellable.
What part of speech is swellability?
Swellability is a noun.
What is the plural of swellability?
The plural of swellability is swellabilities.

Words near swellability in the dictionary

  1. swell'd
  2. swell-headed
  3. swell-mobsman
  4. swell-mobsmen
  5. swellabilities
  6. swellability
  7. swellable
  8. swellage
  9. swelldom
  10. swelled
  11. swelled head

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