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Meaning of "amphiphile" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMPHIPHILE

amphiphile  [ˈæmfɪˌfaɪl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMPHIPHILE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Amphiphile is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMPHIPHILE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Amphiphile

Amphiphile is a term describing a chemical compound possessing both hydrophilic and lipophilic properties. Such a compound is called amphiphilic or amphipathic. This forms the basis for a number of areas of research in chemistry and biochemistry, notably that of lipid polymorphism. Organic compounds containing hydrophilic groups at both ends of a prolate molecule are called bolaamphiphilic. Common amphiphilic substances are soaps, detergents and lipoproteins.

Definition of amphiphile in the English dictionary

The definition of amphiphile in the dictionary is any of many organic compounds such as detergents combining both hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMPHIPHILE


ailurophile
aɪˈlʊərəˌfaɪl
audiophile
ˈɔːdɪəʊˌfaɪl
backfile
ˈbækˌfaɪl
basophile
ˈbeɪsəˌfaɪl
bibliophile
ˈbɪblɪəˌfaɪl
cinephile
ˈsɪnɪˌfaɪl
electrophile
ɪˈlɛktrəʊˌfaɪl
Europhile
ˈjʊərəʊˌfaɪl
extremophile
ɪkˈstrɛməˌfaɪl
Francophile
ˈfræŋkəʊˌfaɪl
hydrophile
ˈhaɪdrəʊˌfaɪl
necrophile
ˈnɛkrəʊˌfaɪl
neutrophile
ˈnjuːtrəˌfaɪl
oenophile
ˈiːnəˌfaɪl
paedophile
ˈpiːdəʊˌfaɪl
subfile
ˈsʌbˌfaɪl
technophile
ˈtɛknəʊˌfaɪl
thermophile
ˈθɜːməʊˌfaɪl
videophile
ˈvɪdɪəʊˌfaɪl
zoophile
ˈzəʊəˌfaɪl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMPHIPHILE

amphigory
amphigouri
amphimacer
amphimictic
amphimixes
amphimixis
amphioxi
amphioxus
amphipath
amphipathic
amphiphilic
amphiploid
amphiploidy
amphipod
amphipodous
amphiprostylar
amphiprostyle
amphiprotic
amphisbaena
amphisbaenae

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMPHIPHILE

acidophile
Anglophile
cartophile
chile
eosinophile
Germanophile
gerontophile
haemophile
halophile
heterophile
hyperthermophile
logophile
mesophile
nucleophile
pedophile
Russophile
siderophile
Sinophile
Slavophile
spermophile
xenophile

Synonyms and antonyms of amphiphile in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «amphiphile» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMPHIPHILE

Find out the translation of amphiphile to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of amphiphile from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «amphiphile» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

两亲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

anfifilo
570 millions of speakers

English

amphiphile
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

amphiphile
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مزدوج الألفة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

амфифил
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

amphiphile
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

এম্ফিলিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

amphiphile
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Amphiphile
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

amphiphile
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

両親媒性物質
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

amphiphile
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amphiphile
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

amphiphile
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஆம்பிபைல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Amphiphile
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

amphiphile
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

amphiphile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

amfifilowa
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

амфіфіл
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

amphiphile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αμφίφιλο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

amfifiele
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

amfifil
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

amfifil
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of amphiphile

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHIPHILE»

The term «amphiphile» is normally little used and occupies the 119.163 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMPHIPHILE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «amphiphile» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «amphiphile» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about amphiphile

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMPHIPHILE»

Discover the use of amphiphile in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to amphiphile and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Liquid Detergents
concentrations corresponding to each mesophase depend on the chemical nature of the amphiphile, the pressure, and the optional presence of an electrolyte. Figure 3.15 shows some examples of real nonionic amphiphile-water binary phase ...
Kuo-Yann Lai, 2005
2
Antibiotics - Antineoplastics—Advances in Research and ...
Cryo-TEM (transition electron microscope) image of aqueous solution of 3 showing oligo-lamellar morphology of vesicles (A); TEM image of mixture of spherical and ribbon like morphology of amphiphile 4, immediately after dissolution (B) and ...
‎2013
3
Membrane Science and Technology
G is a variable that indicates the fraction of the surface area covered with bimolecular lamellae of the fluorocarbon amphiphile. The magnitude of Kc employed, 4 nm, was obtained for the built-up film of fluorocarbon amphiphile. The fraction of ...
Yoshihito Osada, Tsutomu Nakagawa, 1992
4
Solubilization in Surfactant Aggregates
Such an equation is of limited practical interest as it does not take into account for the amphiphile molar volume and the oil polarity. 2. Effect of the Amphiphile It is well known that the PIT increases with the amphiphile hydrophilicity (the HLB).
Sherril D. Christian, John F. Scamehorn, 1995
5
Neurobioactive Peptide Amphiphile Nanofiber Scaffolds for ...
This thesis describes a set of peptide amphiphiles (PAs) designed for spinal cord repair (SCI).
Krista Lynne Niece, 2006
6
Organized Solutions: Surfactants in Science and Technology
However, it turns out that the system can be moved around this diagram by changing the amphiphile strength L. That is, increasing the strength of the amphiphilic interaction L increases the temperature of the four-phase point and the tricritical ...
Stig Friberg, 1992
7
Eli Ruckenstein: A Special Issue in His Honor
hydrophobic tail of the amphiphile. This implies that there are no holes inside the aggregate and the entire core is filled with the hydrophobic part of the amphiphile . (3) The total surface area A of the hydrophobic core of the aggregate should ...
D. Dadyburjor, 1987
8
Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols 1996
Ternary nucleation of water - n-nonane - n-butanol: Does the amphiphile work as surfactant in vapor phase nucleation? R. STREY' and Y. VIISANENb IMax-Planck -Institut fiir Biophysikalische Chemie, Postfach 2841, D-37018 Gottingen, ...
M. Kulmala, P.E. Wagner, 1996
9
Handbook of Microemulsion Science and Technology
The interactions in this magnetic Hamiltonian are easily related to those between the oil, the water, and the head and tail of the amphiphile. One expects that J > 0, so that water prefers water and oil prefers oils, and that M < 0. This combination ...
Promod Kumar, K.L. Mittal, 1999
10
Soft Condensed Matter Physics in Molecular and Cell Biology
It is important to stress that at all temperatures, independent of the direction of the bending, the absolute characteristic value of the radius of curvature of the monolayer surface is of an order of 10 nm, i.e., the amphiphile monolayers in ...
W.C.K. Poon, David Andelman, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMPHIPHILE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term amphiphile is used in the context of the following news items.
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Oil Spills Are Destructive — the Clean Up Process Shouldn't Be
It's made up of a special type of amphiphile, which is sprayed around the spill on the water. It lowers the surface tension of the water, so that the oil contracts, ... «Big Think, Jul 15»
2
Self-assembling biomaterial helps form human tissues
The material is comprised of peptide amphiphile molecules that eventually degrades. It forms a bioactive coating that interacts with surrounding ... «GMA News, May 15»
3
Self-assembling biomaterial forms nanostructure templates for …
... and Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, U.K., discuss how a novel synthetic material comprised of peptide amphiphile molecules is ... «Nanowerk, Apr 15»
4
New treatment for scaffold creates healthier engineered bladder tissue
Shown here is a 3D rendering of an anti-inflammatory nanofiber made from self-assembling peptide amphiphile (PA) molecules. «Medical Xpress, Mar 15»
5
Human evolution gets ever so interesting with some ambiguous …
By encasing the cells, the molecule — a carbohydrate amphiphile — causes the reduction of a particular metabolic activity that eventually kills ... «OregonLive.com, Feb 15»
6
Self-Assembling Carbohydrates Trap Cancer Cells In A Cage
Controlling Cancer Cell Fate Using Localized Biocatalytic Self-Assembly of an Aromatic Carbohydrate Amphiphile · Self-Assembling Molecule ... «The Biological SCENE, Jan 15»
7
Soapy tails self-assemble bucky balls
Once the chains are attached, the resulting molecule is an 'amphiphile' (see box below) – its ends have a different affinity to certain solvents, ... «ElectronicsWeekly.com, Jul 14»
8
Molecular footballs could revolutionize your next World Cup …
One example is a molecule shaped like a football but with a long tail. The amphiphile has been tailor made from 'bucky balls' - football-shaped ... «Nanowerk, Jun 14»
9
Dual warhead kills and disarms bacteria
The AMP-mimicking synthetic amphiphile developed by Aiyagari Ramesh and his team at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati should ... «Chemistry World, May 14»
10
Marina Biotech Strengthens the Intellectual Property Estate for …
The advanced amphoteric liposomes of the US '297 patent are composed of an amphoteric group conjugated to a diglycerol amphiphile via ... «MarketWatch, Jan 14»

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