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| Domain | Definition |
Chemistry | To coat the individual fibers with a water-resistant or hydrophobic film and obtain a fabric which allow the passage of air; perspiration and water vapor, but which will prevent the pas sage of liquid water. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | Of colloids having little attraction for water, readily flocculated by electrolytes, and not thickening to a gel. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Hydrophobe (Greek, "water-fearing) is a property of a molecule and means it is repelled by water. Hydrophobic molecules tend to cluster together. H2O molecules can build hydrogen bonds to stabilize each other, which explains the unusual chemical properties of water. In water, these hydrogen bonds are constantly shifting. A hydrophobic molecule cannot establish hydrogen bonds with water, thus limiting the "freedom" of H2O for switching hydrogen bonds, which makes the whole area around the hydrophobic molecule energetically adverse. As one larger area of this kind is energetically more favourable than two smaller ones, thermodynamics favour hydrophobic molecules clustering together, even though hydrophobic molecules are not actually attracted to another. Both "Hydrophobe" and "hydrophile" entries have the same problem. Hydrophobe is a noun meaning that which fears water. Hydrophobia is a noun meaning the condition of fearing water. Hydrophobic is an adjective meaning "water-fearing." Then, a molecule would have the property of hydrophobia, and would be hydrophobic.
Note also: Hydrophobia also means "rabies" in English.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Hydrophobe."
Crosswords: HYDROPHOBE |
| Non-English Usage: "HYDROPHOBE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (hydrophobic). |
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| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Le Malade hydrophobe (1900) | |
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| Language | Translations for "HYDROPHOBE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | hydrophob (hydrophobic), hydrofob (hydrophobic), vandskyende (hydrophobic, waterproof, water-repellent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | hydrofoob (hydrophobic), waterafstotend (hydrophobic, waterproof, water-repellent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | hydrofobinen (hydrophobic), vettä karttava (hydrophobic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | hydrophobe (hydrophobic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | hydrophob (hydrophobic), hydrofob (hydrophobic, water-repellent), wasserabweisend (hydrophobic, water repellent, waterproof, water-repellent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | υδρόφοβος (hydrophobic, water-repellent), υδρόφοβο (hydrophobic), λυόφοβο (hydrophobic), ο μη απορροφών το ύδωρ (hydrophobic), ο της υδροφοβίας (hydrophobic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | idrofobo (hydrophobic, rabid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ydrophobehay hidrofóbico (rabid), hidrófugo (hydrophobic, water-repellent), hidrófobo (mad, rabid). (various references) hidrófobo (hydrophobic). (various references) hydrofob (hydrophobic, water-repellent). (various references) хворий на водобоязнь (hydrophobic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-h-h-o-o-p-r-y" | |
-4 letters: broody, droopy, hoboed, hooped, hooper, hypoed, phooey, poohed, probed, rebody. | |
-5 letters: booed, bored, brood, derby, dobro, doper, dopey, droop, ephod, ephor, herby, hoody, hooey, hoped, hoper, horde, hydro, hyped, hyper, oohed, orbed, pedro, perdy, pored, probe, rebop, robed, rodeo, roped, ropey. | |
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