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tensides

tensides is the plural of tenside.

Meaning of tenside

Noun

tenside (plural tensides)

  1. A surfactant.
    • Another large group of organic substances polluting the hydrosphere are the preparations known as tensides and detergents [115, 116]. Tensides are surface active substances with a capability to reduce the surface tension at an interface.1993, Juraj Tölgyessy, editor, Chemistry and Biology of Water, Air and Soil: Environmental Aspects, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 144

Questions about tensides

What is tensides the plural of?
Tensides is the plural of tenside.

Words near tensides in the dictionary

  1. tenses up
  2. tensest
  3. tensibility
  4. tensible
  5. tenside
  6. tensides
  7. tensies
  8. tensification
  9. tensile
  10. tensile strain
  11. tensile strains

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