surfactant
Meaning of surfactant
noun
- A surface active agent, or wetting agent, capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid; typically organic compounds having a hydrophilic "head" and a hydrophobic "tail".
- A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.
Information about surfactant
- It is a name.
- The plural form of surfactant is: surfactants.
- Languages in which surfactant is used:
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Hyphenation of surfactant
sur-fac-tant
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- surfactant is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
surfactant synonyms
Meaning wetting agent:
Translation of surfactant
- Italian: tensioattivo
- French: tensioactif
- Spanish: tensoactivo, tensioactivo
- Portuguese: tensoativo
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