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WETTABILITY

Specialty Definition: WETTABILITY

DomainDefinition

Electrical Engineering

The ability of a metal to be wetted by solder. Source: European Union. (references)

Environment

The relative degree to which a fluid will spread into or coat a solid surface in the presence of other immiscible fluids. (references)

Health

The quality or state of being wettable or the degree to which something can be wet. This is also the ability of any solid surface to be wetted when in contact with a liquid whose surface tension is reduced so that the liquid spreads over the surface of the solid. (references)

Mining

The ability of a liquid to form a coherent film on a surface, owing to the dominance of molecular attraction between the liquid and the surface overthe cohesive force of the liquid itself. (references)

Physics

The condition of being wettable, able to be wet, characterized by the presence of water or other liquid. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: WETTABILITY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Contact Angle Wettability and Adhesion (reference)

  • Laser Modification of the Wettability Characteristics of Engineering Materials (reference)

  • Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Reservoir Wettability & Its Effect on Oil Recovery (reference)

  • Wettability (reference)

  • Wettability at High Temperatures (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: WETTABILITY

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

wettability

6

increase pvc wettability

5

measure wettability

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: WETTABILITY

Language Translations for "WETTABILITY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Danish

  

svejsbarhed (solderability), lodningsevne (solderability), fugtningsevne, fugteevne (wetting ability), evne til at fugte (wetting ability). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

vochtopneembaarheid (wetting ability), soldeerbaarheid (solderability), lasbaarheid (solderability), bevochtigbaarheid (wetting ability), bevloeibaarheid. (various references)

   

Finnish

  

juottuvuus (solderability), juotettavuus (solderability). (various references)

   

French

  

soudabilité, propriété mouillante (wetting ability), mouillabilité. (various references)

   

German

  

Schweißbarkeit (solderability), Netzfähigkeit (wetting ability), Lotbarkeit (solderability), Benetzbarkeit (solderability). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ικανότητα για ηλεκτροκόλληση (solderability), διαβρεκτικότητα, διαβρεκτική ικανότητα (wetting ability). (various references)

   

Italian

  

propriet bagnante (wetting ability), capacit di saldatura (solderability), bagnabilit (wetting ability). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ettabilityway.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

propriedade de molhagem, propriedade de humidificação (wetting ability). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

solderabilidad (solderability), soldabilidad (solderability), propiedad mojante (wetting ability), mojabilidad, humectabilidad (wetting ability), aptitud para estañosoldar (solderability), aptitud a la humectación. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

lödbarhet (solderability). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: WETTABILITY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-i-l-t-t-t-w-y"

-4 letters: ability, beltway, tattily, twattle, wittily.

-5 letters: albeit, albite, bailey, bailie, battle, bawtie, bewail, byelaw, lyttae, tablet, tattie, tattle, tibiae, tibial, titbit, tittie, tittle, twibil, twilit, wattle.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Usage: Commercial
2. Expressions: Internet
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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