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Definition: Surface-active |
Surface-activeAdjective1. Capable of lowering the surface tension of a liquid; used especially of detergents. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Chemical Industry | Capable of altering the properties of a liquid and especially lowering the tension at the surface of contact between phases. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Surface-active |
| English words defined with "surface-active": activating agent ♦ cationic detergent ♦ detergent ♦ emulsifier ♦ invert soap ♦ quaternary ammonium compound. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "surface-active": bubbles ♦ demulsification, dispersing agent, distributing agent ♦ gas adsorption chromatography, gas-solid chromatography ♦ latex cement, lyophilic ♦ peptizator, peptizer, peptizing agent, Poloxalene ♦ RESTORER, CERAMIC ♦ Sodium Tetradecyl Sulfate ♦ wetting effect. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | As the statistics above show clearly, opportunities exist in the areas of explosives, flotation agents and surface-active agents. (references) | |
Economic History | Colombia | Best sales prospects include white mineral oils, alcohol's, phenols, o-acetylsalicylic acid, its salts and esters, amino-acids, vegetable and synthetic tanning and coloring substances, essential oils, flavorings, fragrances or odoriferous (raw materials) substances, base chemical products for cosmetics, soaps, detergents and cleaning, sodium bicarbonate, phosphates, chlorides, iodine, camphor, and surface-active agents (tensoactives). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Surface-active" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Surface-active" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "surface-active": Surface-Active Agents. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "surface-active"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | overfladespændingsnedsættende, overfladeaktiv (surfactant, tenside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | tensio-actief (tensioactive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pintajännitystä vähentävä, pinta-aktiivinen (surfactant, tenside). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | surfactif (surface-active agent, surfactant), tensio-actif (surface-active agent, surfactant), tensioactif. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | grenzflaechenaktiv, grenzflächenaktiv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | προϊόν που ενεργεί πάνω στην επιφανειακή τάση, επενεργών στην επιφανειακή τάση. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | surfactante, tensioattivo (tensioactive). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | urface-activesay tensoactivo. (various references) tensoactivo, tensioactivo (surfactant, tenside). (various references) ytaktiv. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-c-e-e-f-i-r-s-t-u-v" | |
-3 letters: accusative, cafeterias. | |
-4 letters: accretive, acierates, actuaries, cafeteria, causative, cauteries, crustacea, curatives, evacuates, vicarates. | |
-5 letters: accretes, accurate, acervate, acierate, avarices, caesurae, caesuric, catfaces, causerie, caviares, cerusite, cervices, creative, crescive, crevices, cruciate, curacies, curative, curviest, cutesier, eucrites, evacuate, facetiae, factures, fasciate, features, fiercest, furcates, ratafees, reaccuse, reactive, seacraft, secateur, suricate, variates, vertices, vesicate, vicarate. | |
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