surfactants

Meaning of surfactants

noun
  1. 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".
  2. A lipoprotein in the tissues of the lung that reduces surface tension and permits more efficient gas transport.

Information about surfactants

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of surfactants is: surfactant.
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Hyphenation of surfactants

sur-fac-tants

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • surfactants is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

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