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transphilic

transphilic adjective: exhibiting transphilia.

Adjective

transphilic (comparative more transphilic, superlative most transphilic)

  1. (derogatory, rare) Exhibiting transphilia.
  2. Having both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.
    • ... transphilic acids, which is consistent with the observation that the fulvic acids had a higher SUVA than the transphilic acids. By contrast, transphilic acids contained a higher proportion of sugars and amino sugars[…]2000, Jean-Phillipe Croue, Gregory V. Korshin, Mark M. Benjamin, Characterization of Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water, American Water Works Association, →ISBN, page 41
    • The transphilic acid (TPHA) fraction ("transphilic" meaning fraction of intermediate polarity isolated from the XAD-4 resin) was found to incorporate […]2003, JP Croué, "Evidence for the presence of nitrogenous binding site" (National Institutes of Health)

Examples of transphilic in a sentence

  • ... transphilic and hydrophilic fractions pass through.2005 May 31, Gerald E. Speitel Jr, P. Pope, M. Robin Collins, M. Martin-Doole, Disinfection By-Product Formation and Control During...
  • ... (transphilic fraction, or TPH) or with NaOH at pH 13 (transphilic acids, or TPHA).2005, Michèle Prévost, Biodegradable Organic Matter in Drinking Water Treatment and Distribution:
  • ... transphilic neutrals, (5)hydrophilic NOM, and (6)transphilic acids.The LCOCD and XAD fractionation, as well as other related methods, are discussed in detail elsewhere[7].2011 August 26, Comprehensive Biotechnology, Newnes, →ISBN:

Forms of transphilic

comparativemore transphilic
superlativemost transphilic

Origin of transphilic

From trans- + -philic.

Questions about transphilic

What does transphilic mean?
Transphilic means exhibiting transphilia.
How do you use transphilic in a sentence?
... transphilic and hydrophilic fractions pass through.
What part of speech is transphilic?
Transphilic is an adjective.

Words near transphilic in the dictionary

  1. transphenomenal
  2. transphenomenality
  3. transphile
  4. transphiles
  5. transphilia
  6. transphilic
  7. transphincteric
  8. transphobe
  9. transphobes
  10. transphobia
  11. transphobias

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